State v. Degonia

‘Norton, J.

The defendant was indicted at the October term, 1877, of the circuit court of "Washington county, for murder in the first degree, in killing Jules Polite. He was put upon his trial at the October term, 1878, of said court, and found guilty of the crime as charged, and sentenced to be hanged. From this judgment defendant has appealed, and seeks a reversal thereof, on the alleged errors of the circuit court in refusing to discharge, on defendant’s motion, the panel of jurors summoned in the cause, and in giving and refusing instructions.

i. practice: jury: challenge to the array.

The…