Manning v. State

First. Upon the trial of this case when the jury were being examined on their voir dire, counsel for appellant propounded the following question to the juror Kelly:

“Mr. Kelly, if it should develop in the trial of this case that the defendant had at one time prior in his lifetime been convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and that the case was now pending in the Criminal Court of Appeals of this state, would that have any effect or bearing upon you in rendering a verdict in this case?”

The question was objected to as incompetent. The objection _was sustained, and the appellant…