State v. Harris

The accused was charged with murder; the defense was an alibi; the trial resulted in an unqualified verdict of guilty as charged; and the court sentenced the accused to be hanged. From the verdict and sentence he appealed.

There are eleven bills of exception in the record.

Bill No. 1.

This bill was reserved to the overruling of a challenge of a juror for cause. The bill recites that the day after the juror James H. Holmes had been examined on his voir dire and accepted by the staté and the defense, and after other jurors had been, accepted and sworn, but before' the jury was completed, counsel…