State v. Swain

ODOM, Justice.

The defendant was prosecuted for murder, convicted as charged, and sentenced to be hanged. He appealed to this court, and here says that his conviction and sentence were illegal because of certain errors in the proceedings. These alleged errors are set out in six bills of exception.

A man named Edwards was summoned as a tales juror, and, while being examined on his voir dire, was asked if he had ever served as a juror in the trial of a capital case. He answered that he had, and was tb,en asked by counsel for defendant, “What capital case did you serve on?” The state objected to…