Wessells v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The trial court overruled a motion to set aside the verdict of the jury and entered thereon the judgment which is brought under review by this writ of error.

After the arraignment of the accused and his plea of not guilty, the record discloses that when the prospective jurors were selected by lot and called to the bar to be examined upon their voir dire, the name of Otho T. Kelley appeared upon the list. So far as the record shows, without any examination of…