Mayor of Columbus v. Goetchius
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Alexander, May Term, 1849. Richard R. Goetchius commenced an action of trover, with a count in case, against the City Council of Columbus, for the value of a negro man, Crawford. On the trial, at May Term, 1849, the plaintiff objected to certain persons on the Grand Jury list serving as Jurors, on the ground that they were citizens of the City of Columbus. The Court ruled them incompetent, and defendants below excepted.
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Trover, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Alexander, May Term, 1849. Richard R. Goetchius commenced an action of trover, with a count in case, against the City Council of Columbus, for the value of a negro man, Crawford. On the trial, at May Term, 1849, the plaintiff objected to certain persons on the Grand Jury list serving as Jurors, on the ground that they were citizens of the City of Columbus. The Court ruled them incompetent, and defendants below excepted. Defendants’ counsel suggested that there were other persons on the Jury who were also citizens of Columbus. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
The first ground of error assigned to the judgment of the Court below is, in sustaining the plaintiff’s objection to the citizens of Columbus being competent Jurors for the trial of the. cause, inasmuch as they were liable to be taxed for the payment *142•of the verdict which might be recovered against the defendants in the Court below.
[1.] The Court did not err in its judgment in sustaining the objection to the Jurors who resided within the corporate limits of the City. Jurors may he challenged, propter affectum, for suspicion of bias or partiality.…
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