Turpin v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge O’Rear

Reversing.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. He has had two trials, each resulting in verdict of guilty. The verdict upon the first trial was set aside and a new trial granted by the circuit court upon the ground of newly discovered evidence. There , appears to have been some difficulty in obtaining a qualified jury on the second trial. While the jury was being empanelled one of the veniremen notified the court that he had been approached by a son-in-law of appellant, who sought to influence his verdict, should he be selected.^…