Preswood v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM DEKALB. Circuit Court, July Term, 1871. S. M. Pite, J. cited 10 Hum., 456; Henry v. State, 4 Hum., 270; Brahefield v. State, 1 Sneed, 215; Alfred v. State, 2 Swan, 582. cited McGowan v. State, 9 Yer., 184; Moses v. State, 10 Hum., 456; Alfred v. State, 2 Swan, 581; Carroll v. State, 3 Hum., 315, 317; Henry v. State, 4 Hum., 270.
1Opinion of the Court
McFarland, J.,
delivered tlie opinion of tbe Court.
Tbe prisoner was indicted in tbe Circuit Court of De-Kalb county, for the murder of Eacbel H. Billings. At *469the July Terra, 1871, he was tried by a jury, who found him guilty of murder in the first degree. His motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, were overruled, and the judgment of death pronounced upon him, from which he has appealed to this Court.
The first ground relied upon for a new trial, is: The bill of exceptions states, that, “In the selection of the jury, nine of those selected as jurors, stated upon their examination,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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