State v. Dorsey

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

This appeal is prosecuted from a verdict convicting the accused of murder, and a sentence to life imprisonment. His counsel urge various complaints against the rulings of the trial judge, and charge that same were prejudicial to him, and that he has not had a fair trial. We shall deal with them in the order of their occurrence.

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During the process of empaneling the jury the regular venire' was exhausted before same was completed, and the court ordered the sheriff to summon six tales jurors to complete the panel.

The sheriff, having summoned…