Patterson v. State

1. The ground of the extraordinary motion for a new trial which alleges that a juror was related to the prosecutor within the degree prohibited by law is not argued or insisted upon in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error, and will be treated as abandoned.,2. A ground of the extraordinary motion was that one of the jurors rendering the verdict was not a legally qualified juror, for that prior to the trial he was guilty of certain acts and made certain statements which “clearly illustrated his prejudice and bias against movant; which said statements and the facts of said statement…