State v. Madison

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The accused was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. He appeals from the verdict of the jury and sentence of the court.

The first bill of exceptions assigns as error that a tales juror, without sufficient cause, was excused from serving on the jury.

The records disclose that he had been sworn on his voir dire and examined by the prosecuting officer, and then turned over to the accused to be examined, who replied that he had no question to propound.

At that state of the proceedings the tales juror stated that he was just recovering…