State v. Isaac

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

King, J.

The defendant has appealed from a judgment-pronounced against him upon a conviction for the crime of murder, and complains of a number of irregularities in the proceedings in the inferior court, which are presented in bills of exceptions.

The accused was tried by a jury composed of two justices of the peace, and ten owners of slaves, as required by the act of 1846. Acts, p. 114. After the jury had been empannelled and several preliminary questions discussed and determined by the court, and the accusation against the prisoner, in the form of an…