State v. Harris

POEEENBARGER, JuDGE:

Melvin Harris, convicted of unlawful shooting, complains of the verdict principally on the ground of the disqualification of one of the jurors, by reason of.his relationship to the wife of the prosecuting witness. The juror was examined as to his qualification and denied relationship, but it was ascertained, after verdict and before judgment, that it existed. Numerous affidavits were taken in support of the motion for a new trial, tending strongly to prove that he was not ignorant of the disqualifying fact. His affidavit, still protesting his ignorance thereof, was filed…