State v. Pickett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jefferson District Court.- — Hon. F. W. Eichelberger, Judge. At the February term, 1897, of said court, the defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of adultery, and Ms motion for ai new trial overruled, and judgment of imprisonment in the penitentiary for the period of nine month® entered against Mm, ■from which he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
One ground of appellant’s motion for a new trial is that one of the jurors who sat on the trial cannot read or unite the English' language, and that appellant did not know that fact until after the trial. It is shown that one of the jurors, a native of Sweden, whO' had resided in this country for nineteen years, and become a citizen thereof, and an elector of this state, could not read or write the English language. Such 'being the fact, appellant contend® that the court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial. Section 1, chapter 61? Laws Twenty-sixth General Assembly, *716is as follows:…
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