Palmer v. State

This is a petition for a new trial in a capital case, on the ground that one of the jurors had formed an opinion of the guilt of the petitioner before hearing any evidence and was prejudiced and incompetent to sit upon the trial, and because the jury improperly had a view of the locality where the murder was committed, without the order of the court and without the knowledge of the petitioner or his counsel. The matters alleged as reasons for a new trial were not known to the petitioner or his counsel until a short time before the filing of the petition. The petition was presented at the…