State v. Billings
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court. — Hoít. Gr. W. Ruddick, Judge. The defendant was indicted for murder of tlie first degree. Upon tfie trial of the indictment the defendant was convicted of murder of the second degree, and from a judgment on the verdict he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
1. p^and juror^ biasexamI. At the empaneling of the grand jury that returned the indictment, one Bockhouse was examined as to his qualifications, and error is assigned as to the rulings of the court m permitting him to remain as a member of the panel. The juror is of foreign birth, and it *419is evident he did not at all times fully understand the import of the questions, and in some cases, we think, his answers did not exactly' express his purpose. He resided some seventeen or eighteen miles from Waverly, where the homicide occurred, and where the court was sitting. The material part of his…
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