State v. Foster

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The defendant was convicted of rape and was sentenced to be hanged. His appeal presents three objections to the legality of the conviction, embodied in as many bills of exception.

1. J. C. Cammack, a juror, was challenged for cause by the defendant, but the court ruling that the cause was not good, he was challenged peremptorily. The cause of challenge was that the proffered juror had formed and expressed an opinion on the case, based on rumour, and was a man of strong prejudices.

The examination of the juror on voir dire was ; — “ I have read…