Meyer v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to the Circuit Court of Pulaski county. Tbe Hon. John J. Clendenin, Circuit Judge. The juror, Beard, was incompetent, because, 1st, he did not know that the persons with whom he conversed, were not witnesses; nor whether they professed to speak from personal knowledge or hearsay; 2d, he did not state that the opinion formed from rumor had left no bias'or prejudice on his mind.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Pulaski county. Tbe Hon. John J. Clendenin, Circuit Judge. The juror, Beard, was incompetent, because, 1st, he did not know that the persons with whom he conversed, were not witnesses; nor whether they professed to speak from personal knowledge or hearsay; 2d, he did not state that the opinion formed from rumor had left no bias'or prejudice on his mind. Stewart vs. The State, 8 Eng. 727; Nelson vs. The State, 13 S. & M. 500; People vs. Vermilyen, 7 Cow. 121. The confessions made to the sheriff while the prisoner was under arrest, should have been excluded. 1…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice
English delivered the opinion of the Court.
At the June term, 1856, of the Pulaski Circuit Court, Louis Meyer was convicted upon an indictment for the murder of John Clodell, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for twenty-one years. The Court having refused him a new trial, he excepted and brought error.
1. The' prisoner insists that it appears from the record before us, that he was tried at a term of the Court held at a time not authorized by law The record entry showing the time when the Court was held, is as follows:
“ Be it remembered, that at a Circuit Court, begun and held…
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