Clements v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and prosecutes an appeal to this court.

It apears by the affidavit of the foreman of the jury that while the jury was considering their verdict, the jury not only discussed the former conviction of defendant of this offense, hut one of the jurymen even went so far as to inform the others as to the term of years assessed against the defendant. That up to this time a portion of the jury had been in favor of an acquittal, but after being informed as to the result of the former trials, one who had been voting for acquittal stated that if that…