James v. State

HAEPEE, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of the offense of abandonment after seduction and marriage.

In the first two 'bills of exception it is shown that appellant challenged two jurors for cause, when they answered that they were “prejudiced against the crime of seduction.” The bills further show that the jurors did not know appellant, and had no prejudice against him; had no opinion in the case, knew nothing about the case and nothing about appellant. The fact that they had antipathy to the crime or offense of seduction is not surprising. Nine-tenths or more of the citizenship…