Morgan v. State

The appellant was convicted of the offense of grand larceny.

*225Various exceptions were taken to the indictment which, with many other grounds for a reversal, are set forth in the assignment of errors, and which it is not necessary to notice. The omission to have the oath, required bylaw, administered to the jury, although unnoticed by the counsel for appellant, is a fatal defect for which the judgment must be set aside. Article 563 of the code of criminal procedure, prescribes the oath to be administered to a juror in criminal cases, which must be followed, or what has been considered its…