Toombs v. State

270 S.W.2d 649 (1954)

Paul E. TOOMBS and Frank Houchin

v.

STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 23, 1954.

Rehearing Granted September 6, 1954.

Clarence M. Beaty, Jr., and James W. Rutherford, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

Ray Hill was a member of the jury which convicted Toombs and Houchin of feloniously receiving and concealing, etc. valuable personal property from one C.P. Hartman, the prosecutor. This juror is a first cousin of the prosecutor's wife. The families exchange visits. It was not until after the verdict…