State v. Thompson
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Sixth District Court, Garfield County.— Hon. W. M. McCarty, Judge. Tbe defendant was convicted of tbe crime of burglary and appealed. Tbe appellant complains tbat be did not have a fair and impartial 'trial, for tbe reason tbat one of tbe jurors wbo tried tbe case, James P. Sbowalter, was at tbe time a director of tbe firm of Cameron & Sevy, and not only was be a director in said firm, but was also indebted to it. This objection is without merit.
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Appeal from tbe Sixth District Court, Garfield County.— Hon. W. M. McCarty, Judge. Tbe defendant was convicted of tbe crime of burglary and appealed. Tbe appellant complains tbat be did not have a fair and impartial 'trial, for tbe reason tbat one of tbe jurors wbo tried tbe case, James P. Sbowalter, was at tbe time a director of tbe firm of Cameron & Sevy, and not only was be a director in said firm, but was also indebted to it. This objection is without merit. Tbe fact tbat a person is a member of tbe directory of a corporation, or is indebted to it, does not disqualify such person from…
1Opinion of the CourtBaskin, J.
Tbe information alleges tbat tbe defendant “on tbe eighth day of January, A. D. 1901, at tbe county of Garfield, State of Utah, in tbe nighttime of said day, to-wit, about tbe hour of eleven in tbe night of said day, did forcibly, unlawfully, feloniously, and burglariously break and enter tbe store of Cameron & Sevy, a corporation, with intent then and there the goods and chattels of tbe said Cameron & Sevy, a corporation, in tbe said store then and there *316being, then and there unlawfully, feloniously, and burglari-ously to steal, take, and carry away, and then and there, in the said store,…
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