Bowden v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. , Before Judge Lewis. Laurens superior court. July 24, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. As a matter of public policy, a juror can not be heard to impeach his verdict, either by way of disclosing the incompetency or misconduct of his fellow-jurors, or by showing his own misconduct or disqualification from any cause. Civil Code, § 5338; Hill v. State, 91 Ga. 154; Coleman v. Slade, 75 Ga. 63; Dyson v. State, 72 Ga. 206.
2. In view of the counter-showing made by the State, the trial judge did not err in holding that the juror whose disqualification the accused sought to establish was not so deaf as to render him incompetent to serve on the jury.
3. There was evidence warranting the…
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