Ethridge v. State

'Hill, J.

1. A trial judge is the trior to pass upon alleged prejudice and bias of a juror sitting in a given case, and on conflicting evidence his discretion exercised in favor of the competency of the juror will not be interfered with, unless it is manifestly abused. It was not so abused under the facts of the present ease. Hall v. State, 141 Ga. 7, 9 (80 S. E. 307); Stiles v. State, 154 Ga. 86 (113 S. E. 208).

2. One who instigates prosecution by making an affidavit charging a named person with the commission of a penal offense, on which a warrant is issued or an indictment or accusation is…