Fillion v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Lincoln county. It was an indictment for murder and resulting in the conviction of the prisoner, and judgment that he be executed, he sued out a writ of error to this court. •
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
In the assignment of errors in this case, many objections are taken to the impaneling of the jury to try this cause; but the record shows, that the prisoner only asked one person tendered as a juror to be “ excused for cause.” This was J. Mackle, who, the record states, had “formed and expressed an opinion;” but it- is not stated that this opinion was in relation to the innocence or guilt of the prisoner; and again, that he “heard part of Rogers’ testimony,” but whether that testimony was in respect to the prisoner, the record does not state.
To render a juror incompetent, it must appear, that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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