State v. Knight
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, before Rice, Justice, upon the following indictment: The jurors for said State upon their oath present that George Knight, of Poland, in the county of Androscoggin, laborer, on the sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, with force and arms, at said Poland, in said county of Androscoggin, in and upon one Mary Knight, of said Poland, she, the said Mary Knight,…
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The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, before Rice, Justice, upon the following indictment: The jurors for said State upon their oath present that George Knight, of Poland, in the county of Androscoggin, laborer, on the sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, with force and arms, at said Poland, in said county of Androscoggin, in and upon one Mary Knight, of said Poland, she, the said Mary Knight, then and there being a human being, and she then and there. Being in the peace of said State, feloniously, wilfully, and…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, C. J.
The prisoner was put to the bar for his trial, upon the plea of not guilty of the charge of murder, as alleged in the indictment, and the clerk proceeded to empannel the jury. Upon the call of one of the jurors, the counsel of the prisoner challenged him for favor, and demanded the appointment of triors “ according to the course of the common law, to hear and determine the question of his indifference and impartialityThe presiding judge denied the demand for triors, and ruled that in all cases of challenge for cause, the question of indifference and impartiality must be heard and determined…
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