State v. Hargrove

The defendant was indicted for killing Alfred Register on November 24, 1881, by shooting him with a pistol. He plead not guilty, and was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, the jury finding, however, mitigating circumstances, and the court acting on this, he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. He has appealed in error to this court.

Several errors are assigned. The material ones we .proceed to dispose of.

Objection is taken to the form of the oath administered to the jury. In the entry reciting the swearing of the jury, when empanneled, the oath is: “who…