State v. Elder

The appellant, William Elder, was found guilty by the verdict of a jury of carnally knowing and abusing his step-daughter, a child under the age of fifteen years. For a reversal of the judgment of conviction pronounced against him, he makes some sixty-seven assignments of error. These, we think, do not require notice seriatim. They can he grouped under more general heads, and it is in that manner we shall consider them.

A Mrs. Dean was called as a prospective juror and examined as to her qualifications to sit as such. At the conclusion of the examination, she was challenged for cause by the…