Keener v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder, in Richmond Superior Court. Tried before Judge Holt, January Term, 1855. Henry C. Keener was placed upon trial for the murder of James Reese'. When the name of James Sikes, a Juror, was called, he was put upon the voire dire and answered negatively, all the questions required to be propounded by law. Ho was put upon the prisoner, accepted by him, and sworn in chief to try said cause.
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Indictment for murder, in Richmond Superior Court. Tried before Judge Holt, January Term, 1855. Henry C. Keener was placed upon trial for the murder of James Reese'. When the name of James Sikes, a Juror, was called, he was put upon the voire dire and answered negatively, all the questions required to be propounded by law. Ho was put upon the prisoner, accepted by him, and sworn in chief to try said cause. When the name of Samuel A. Yerdery was called, he'was put upon the voire dire, and in answer to the question, “Have you,- from having seen the crime committed, or having heard. any portion…
1Opinion of the Court
*215 By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] "We propose to consider the grounds of error complained of in this case, in the order in which they are presented in the assignment; and the first is, that the Court did not set aside Samuel A. Verdery, but allowed the Attorney General to put him upon the prisoner as a competent' Juror.
When the name of Samuel A. Verdery was called, he was put upon his voire clire; and in answer to the question— “ Have you, from having seen the crime committed, or having heard any portion of the evidence delivered on oath, formed and expressed any opinion as…
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