State v. Stephens

FOURNET, Justice.

The defendant, Elgie Stephens, having been indicted for the murder of his wife, has appealed from his conviction and sentence to be hanged. He relies, for the reversal thereof, upon two bills of exception reserved to the ruling of the trial judge in refusing the motion for a new trial and the motion in arrest of judgment. Both pleas are predicated upon the allegation that a member of the petit jury which convicted him was disqualified under Article 172 of the Code.of Crimina Procedure to serve as a juror, in that he had been indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve…