Rice v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

This was a conviction for violation of the local option law, the punishment assessed being a fine of $50 and thirty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The case must be reversed for the reason that one of the jury which rendered the verdict against appellant had theretofore been convicted and sentenced for perjury, and it was agreed, as shown by bill of exceptions, that the juror had never been pardoned, and that his citizenship had never been restored. Subdivision 3 of article 673 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, provides, as ground for challenge of any juror in a criminal…