Joyce v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to eight years imprisonment in the penitentiary, at the September term, 1873, of the Circuit Court of Madison county. A new trial being refused, he has appealed in error to this court.

Upon the argument of the motion for a new trial, defendant introduced M7. L. Utley, one of the jurors who tried the case, who testified in open court that “the jury were so wide apart that there was no chance to agree, and in this state Morgan, one of the jurors, made a speech to them, saying he had been on criminal juries before, and it was usual…