Jackson v. State

Joe Jackson was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, without a recommendation. The accused made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted. Certain of the grounds .of the motion for a new trial relate to misconduct upon the part of the bailiff in charge of the jury while it was in his charge, after the ease had been submitted to them; and in addition to the alleged acts of misconduct upon his part, it is charged in the motion that the bailiff was not sworn; also that he was not a legal constable of the…