State v. Barton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. in argument cited as to the competency of the jurors, State v. Baldwin, 12 Mo. 223; State v. Davis, 29 Mo. 391; State v. Bose, 32 Mo. 346 ; State v. Lawrence, 38 Iowa 51; State v. Bryan, 40 Iowa 379; State v. Williams, 3 Stew. (Ala.) 454, 465; Bice v. State, 7 Ind. 332; State v. Sater, 8 Iowa 420; Sanchez v. People, 4 Park. Grim. R. 535, 553; People v. Brown, 48 Cal. 253 ; O'Connor v. State, 9 Ela. 215.
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
The defendant in this case was convicted of murder in the first degree. The evidence and instructions are not preserved in the record, and the only points presented for our consideration are two :
j. competency op formed™0 OWNI0N' First. The admission by the court on the panel of jurors of two persons, who, on their voir dire, admitted that they had formed an opinion from rumor, but stated that they could give a fair and impartial verdict in the case, regardless of such opinion; that they had no prejudice or bias *290against the prisoner, and would be governed by the testimony. One of the jurors…
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