Robinson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
This was an indictment against the plaintiff in error for the larceny of a slave named George, tho property of Samuel Buffington, senior, who was the prosecutor, tried before Judge Merriwether, in the Superior Court of the county of Baldwin, at August Term, 1843, and which resulted in the conviction of the prisoner.
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This was an indictment against the plaintiff in error for the larceny of a slave named George, tho property of Samuel Buffington, senior, who was the prosecutor, tried before Judge Merriwether, in the Superior Court of the county of Baldwin, at August Term, 1843, and which resulted in the conviction of the prisoner. In the course of empanneling a jury, one Bigby was called, and being sworn on his voire dire, ho was asked the questions prescribed by the act of 1843, to wit: “llave you, from having seen the crime committed, or having heard any .part of the evidence delivered on oath, formed and…
1Opinion of the Court
*571 By the Court-
Warner, Judge.
The first ground of error assigned in the case is, that the court erred in refusing to permit the juror, when sworn on his voire dire, to bo asked if he had formed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar : because the Constitution of the State of Georgia provides, that ‘trial by jury, as heretofore used in this State shall remain inviolate and the court by its decision, excluded the prisoner from the benefit of the challenge 'propter affectum,’ which was an existing ground of challenge at the time of the adoption of the Constitution."
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