People v. Hopt

Appeal from a judgment of conviction of tbe district court of tbe third district and from an order refusing a new trial. The juror Gabott, challenged both for actual and implied bias, testified on his direct examination on voir dire, that he had heard of the case through the newspapers, and had read what was represented to be the evidence; that he had talked about it since that time; that lie did not think he had ever expressed an opinion on the case, but that he had formed a qualified opinion, that is if the evidence were true and if the reports were true; that he had an opinion of the guilt…