Thomas v. State

John W. Thomas, plaintiff in error, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter upon trial in circuit court of Maury county, and his punishment fixed at six years’ confinement in the penitentiary, and from the judgment upon this verdict he has prosecuted an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this court.

Upon the hearing of the motion to set the verdict aside and grant him a new trial the plaintiff in error *686introduced before the court evidence tending to show that four of the jurors trying the case had previously formed and expressed opinions unfavorable to him upon' the question of his…