Wyatt v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Keen Wyatt, was convicted of the crime of malicious shooting at and wounding one Gordon Holeman and sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary.

The sole ground urged for a reversal of the judgment .is the alleged relationship of Willie Carver, one of the jurors, to the prosecuting witness, Holeman.

The relationship of the juror to the prosecuting witness was made one of the grounds for a new trial and a hearing was had before the trial judge. A number of affidavits were filed and oral testimony was heard. It appears…