Commonwealth v. Lesher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The defendant, William Lesher, was indicted for murder, and tried at the Court of .Oyer and Terminer and general gaol delivery for the county of Philadelphia, at November sessions, 1S27, before Gibson, Chief Justice, and Tod, Justice. ■ Isaac W: Morris, being called as a juror, declared,-—
1Opinion of the Court
*156The opinion of the majority of the court, Rogers, Huston, and Tod, Js., was delivered by
Tod, J.
The court are under obligation to the counsel, who gratuitously, I apprehend, as well as ably, have argued the question. It seems to be admitted that the rules of the common law must govern our decision.' Equally undisputed it appears to be, that in every criminal trial, without exception, there is precisely the same right of challenging a juror for cause, given to the commonwealth or to the prosecutor, which is given to the defendant. The law guards against all the approaches of error and falsehood…
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