State v. Keziah
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. John I-Ceziah was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, C. J.
This case is before us-on an appeal by defendant from a sentence of death based upon the verdict of a jury-finding him guilty of murder.
The only ground assigned is that set out in. a bill of exceptions taken to the ruling of the district judge in refusing a new trial.
A new trial was asked upon the ground that the foreman of the petit jury which, tried ’ and convicted the defendant was an incompetent juror, for the reason that at the time of his service upon the jury he was under indictment for keeping a banking game.
“The juror (a talesman), when examined…
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