O'Connor v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided at Marianna. "Writ of error to Exanklin Circuit Court. The opinion of the Court contains a statement of the facts connected with the several points decided by the Court, the opinion giving the facts in the order in which the points are decided and sufficiently explaining the same.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The plaintiff in error, having been convicted and tried at the fall term 1859 of Eranklin Circuit Court, on an indictment for the murder of his wife Bridget O’Conner, sued out a writ of error to this Court. The first juror called was S. K. Bull. The record states, that one of the regular panel, who, being sworn on bis voire dmv, said that he had formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, but that such opinion was based upon mere rumor; thao he had not heard the witnesses, or any one, speak of the matter by *218detailing any of the facts or circumstances connected with the…
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