Cray v. State

1. “A juror in a criminal' case who is

related, by blood or marriage, within the ninth degree -to the prosecutor, ascertained according to the rules of the civil law, is a disqualified juror;, and such disqualification of a juror, unknown to the defendant or his counsel until after verdict, or which could not have been ascertained by either of them before verdict by the exercise of due diligence, is cause for a new trial. Crawley v. State, 151 Ga. 818 (108 S. E. 238, 18 A. L. R. 368); Merritt V. State, 152 Ga. 203 (110 S. E. 160).” O’Berry v. State, 153 Ga. 644 (113 S. E. 2).

2. Citing…