Legal Opinion
Greenwood v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1871PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Rusk. Tried Below before the- Hon. Ji B. Williamson. The indictment was for an assault with intent to murder. The opinion of the court indicates the- facts disclosed by the record, so far as they have any pertinency to the rulings;
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
A grand juror of the panel who found a bill is not a competent person to. try the case.
When an appeal is taken from the judgment of the district eourt, the sentence should await the mandate of thé Supreme Court-
A new trial should have been granted, when it was made' to appear that one of the grand jurors who found the bill had sat tipom the traverse jury who tried the defendant.
The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the cause remanded.
Reversed, and remanded..
2Cited by1 opinion
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