State v. Wilcoxen

I. On the voir dire it was developed that one of the jurors had the county attorney under employment in a civil matter, and the juror was challenged by the defendant on this ground. The material part of Section 13830, Code of 1924, is as follows:

“A challenge for cause may be made by the State or defendant * * # for any of the following causes: * * * 5. Standing in the relation of * * * attorney and client, master and servant, or landlord and tenant, or being a member of the family of the defendant, or of the person alleged to be injured by the offense charged * *

It will be noted in the…