Pope v. State

1. The defendant was indicted for murder, and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. It was charged that the assault was made and the killing was done with an automobile driven by defendant. In the motion for new trial complaint is made that certain named jurors were related within the prohibited degree to the prosecutor. One of the jurors, Canady, was alleged to be related to Williams, the prosecutor, as follows: Bee Ann Williams, who was the sister of Sam Williams, the grandfather of the prosecutor, married E. S. Fortner. Mrs. Millie Fortner Frost…