Jackson v. State

Wesley Jackson prosecutes an appeal to this court to reverse a judgment against him for the crime of seduction.

It is first insisted by counsel for the defendant, that the judgment should be reversed on account of the disqualification of one of the jurors. This assignment of error is based upon the testimony of the sheriff and of an uncle of the defendant to the effect that Julius Beasley came into one of the offices in the courthouse, while the jury was deliberating upon its verdict in the present case, and stated that he had heard one of the jurors say that he knew all about the case and…