Bonds v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted for and convicted of murder,in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at seven years confinement in the penitentiary.

The most serious question in this case is presented in regard to the alleged misconduct of the jury. R. E. Griffin, a member of the jury, in an affidavit attached to the motion for a new trial, among other things, says: “That Juror A. J. Smith said to him, ‘If there has been anything like the defendant’s wife testified to, why did they not bring the defendant himself on the stand to testify to same?’ or words to that effect; that…