O'Donnell v. Weiler

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

The first objection in this case is stated in the record in this way: “Before the jury was sworn, counsel for the defendant interposed a challenge to the favor; no ground was given for the challenge and the same was denied.”

Whether the challenge was to the whole jury, just before it was sworn, or to the individual jurors as they were called, is not made clear, but in either event the ruling of the court was correct, as no grounds were given for the challenge. Challenges of jurors to the favor must be to them individually, and not to the whole…