State v. Start

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J. :

In an information Al. Start was charged wTith deliberate and premeditated murder, and at the trial he was convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree. In his appeal many errors are assigned, but the controlling one is based on the rulings of the trial court in impaneling the jury. Ten of the persons called as jurors were challenged by the defendant, and although it appears that they had formed and expressed opinions as to the homicide and guilt of the appellant the challenges were overruled. Some of them held only the opinion that the…