Walker v. State

This was a prosecution against William-Walker, the appellant, for the murder of George Shaw. The indictment charged murder in the first degree. A jury found the appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the State’s prison for twenty-one years. After overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, the circuit court caused judgment to be entered upon the verdict.

Many alleged errors in the proceedings below are relied upon here for a reversal of the judgment thus entered upon the verdict.

One John Newhouse, being called as a juror, was…