Lee v. State

Henry Lee was indicted for the murder of John McClennon, and on the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation. A motion for a new trial was made, and upon the hearing was overruled, and to that judgment the defendant excepted.

' Besides the usual general grounds in the original motion for *216a new trial, two other grounds were added by amendment. The first of these is based upon the ground that C. L. Barnhill, a member of the jury trying the defendant, was disqualified because of prejudice and bias against the defendant, and his mind was not impartial as between the State…