Rogers v. State

The appellant was indicted and tried before a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. In the course of the trial three bills of exception were taken by the appellant and these form the basis of this appeal.

By the first bill of exception it appears, that at the time of the empanelling of the jury, a juror, by the name of Stewart, was called and examined by the State, on his voir dire, then turned over to the counsel for the prisoner and accepted by him without further examination. He was then challenged by the State, and…