State v. Reeves

The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder. The jury qualified their verdict, and found without capital punishment. The record contains three bills of exceptions, but in the oral argument addressed to us by the defendant’s counsel, only two of the bills were examined. They raise these two questions:

1st. Did the court err in rejecting a juror who, of his own accord, informed the court that he had conscientious scruples against serving as a juror in a capital case, after he had been accepted by both parties, but not yet sworn?

*686áícl The list of jurors contained in the regular panel, which…