Parker v. State

Samuel Parker was tried in the district court for Thurs-ton county on an information charging him with murder in the first degree for the killing of one Andrew Johnson. He was found guilty of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of five years. Prom that judgment and sentence he prosecutes error, and will be hereafter called the accused.

His first contention is that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to quash the jury panel. The grounds of such motion were: First, that a large number of the citizens, taxpayers and residents of Thurston county…