Johr v. People

This case was before us at a former term, when a new trial was ordered. The trial following that decision occurred on the 27th of February, 1872, resulting in a verdict for defendant in error, and the case is again before us, upon bill of exceptions.

The only error claimed, is that the judge refused a new trial, prayed upon the ground, which he found to be true, that one of the jurors who gave the verdict, was an alien, and that the plaintiffs in error and their counsel were ignorant of the fact at the time of the trial. The real objection appears to be, that the verdict is shown to have been…