Johnson v. State

Wyatt, Justice.

Horace Johnson was tried and convicted of murder without a recommendation to mercy. He filed his motion for new trial, which was duly overruled. To this judgment the defendant excepted. Held:

1. In so far as the general grounds of the motion for new trial are concerned, it is necessary to say only that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.

2. Special ground four complains because the court refused to disqualify a juror to whom movant objected. The juror as to whom objection was made, upon the voir dire examination, was asked the following question: “Have you, from…