Bridges v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. G-reeNE. The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of Arthur T. Woods, and was convicted of murder in'the first decree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Samuel E. G-reeNE. The appellant was indicted and tried for the murder of Arthur T. Woods, and was convicted of murder in'the first decree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The bill of exceptions recites that “After the jury had been selected and sworn-and after one witness had been examined, defendant’s attorney in open court stated in open court that he wished to reserve an exception to the failure of the court to ask each juror on his voir dire the sixth cause of challenge under section 4331 of the Code : ‘If he…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
1. There was no error, if an exception had been properly raised, which was not done in this instance, in the fact that the court did not ask each juror examined on his voir dire, “if lie had any interest in the conviction or acquittal of the defendant, or had made any promise, or given any assurance that he would acquit or convict the defendant.” This is one of the two causes for challenge not required to be proved by the oath of the party summoned as a juror, but which may be established “by other testimony only.” — Code, § 4332. But if the exception had been properly raised, the defendant…
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