Register v. State

1. (a) The defendant was tried together with his brother for assault and battery upon John Andris. The brother was found not guilty, the defendant guilty. A motion for a new trial was made and thereafter an amended motion containing nine grounds was duly made and approved. So far as the general grounds are concerned, they are not urged as a reason for reversal. The evidence, although conflicting, sustains the conviction.(b) The first and second special grounds raise two questions: First, that the court erred in allowing the State ten strikes in the selection of the jury over the objection of…