State v. Washington

The petition for the writ of certiorari to bring up the record of proceedings in the superior court of Ciaven, *536with a view to the discharge of the prisoner, contains the following statement of facts:

The prisoner was put on trial under an indictment-for murder, and a jury sworn and impanelled, when a short recess was taken. Upon the reassembling of the court, and before any evidence in support of the charge had been offered, the solicitor moved for the withdrawal of a juror and a mistrial, for the alleged reason that two jurors, whose names were mentioned, had fraudulently procured their…