State v. Baker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Kershaw, Spring term, 1918. Andrew Baker was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Mr. deLoach cites: Civil Code 1912, vol. I, sec. 4045 ; 39 S. C. 47.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is an appeal from an order of his Honor, Judge Memminger, in ordering a mistrial in this case, after arraignment, plea of not guilty to the indictment by the defendant, and after two jurors had been-accepted and sworn and taken their seats as jurors in the case. After this Juror Baum was called and accepted by both the State and defendant and sworn. When he was accepted and ordered to be sworn he attempted to address the Court, and, when clerk finished the oath administered to him, he informed the Court that he was opposed to…
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