Harris v. State

1.. If one of the jurors who convicted the accused was the first cousin of the prosecutor, this would be a valid ground for a new trial, provided the fact of relationship was unknown to the accused and his counsel at the time of the trial (Brown v. State, 28 Ga. 439; Bullard v. Trice, 63 Ga. 165), and provided, further, that this ground of the motion be shown to be true, either by accompanying affidavits or by recitals in the motion, verified by the trial judge. In this ease the fact of the relationship is not shown, and the trial judge expressly refuses to verify the recital of the fact of…