People v. Wells

The defendant was convicted upon an information of having committed a felonious assault upon the person of one Marion Bradley Sparks, on the thirty-first day of May, 1892, in the county of Orange.

During the impanelment of the jury one Moulton was examined as to his qualifications, and, having stated that he had frequently conversed about the case, and that from what he had heard had formed an opinion which would take evidence to remove, he was challenged by the defendant on the ground of actual bias. The challenge was denied, and an exception taken to the ruling of the court. The defendant…