Hamlin v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

These proceedings were brought to obtain a review of a ruling of the district court refusing an application for a writ of error coram nobis. *725On May 17, 1901, Tolbert Hamlin was convicted upon a charge of statutory rape and the sentence imposed was imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of ten years. Upon an appeal to this court the judgment of conviction was affirmed. (The State v. Hamlin, 64 Kan. 888, 68 Pac. 1133.)

In his petition for the writ he alleged that two members of the jury that found him guilty stated upon their voir…