State v. Vaughan

By the Court,

Belknap, J.:

Respondént was convicted of murder of the first degree.

At the trial, after a jury had been empaneled and sworn and the witnesses examined, the district attorney called the attention of the court to the fact that one of the jurors was disqualified and asked leave to present testimony in support of the charge. Upon permission given, witnesses were examined whose testimony tended to show that A. A. Flint, the juror against whom the investigation was directed, had said several months prior that the defendant was guilty; that he had conscientious scruples against capital…