...upon his trial, Uixon Tlle Hall was called as a juror, who being sworn on his voir wil dire, said that he had formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner; the prisoner then challenged him for cause; but the Court overruled the challenge and directed the...

...forth, that Chandler Waldo, .also of the grand jury that found the indictment, had, before he was sworn, formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. These exceptions, as to the qualifications of grand jurors, it is thought, cannot be legally taken...

...innocence of the defendant on trial, and that being duly sworn, he falsely swore, that he had not formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt, or innocence of the prisoner, when in point of fact, he had both formed and expressed an opinion, and that Dece™eri836.he swore...

...one Littlebery Bryant and one Thomas St. John, testified, on oath, that they had neither formed nor expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. After a verdict of conviction, the defendant, on a motion for a new trial, presented to the court his...

...these affidavits, appears to be the same juror who stated, upon his examination by the Court, that he had formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, upon rumor, and who was decided to be competent without inquiry, by the Court, whether the opinion...

...called and appearing, sworn to answer such questions as should be put to him relative to his having formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, of the charges upon which he was to be tried. No objection being made to this proposition by counsel...

...Moore, who was presented as a juror, and being sworn and interrogated upon his voir dire stated, that he had formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant from rumor, and talking with persons in that county; that he was not acquainted...

...the prisoner moved to put him on triors, in order to prove by witnesses, before them, that the juror had formed and expressed an opinion, as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar, from hearsay or report. The court refused to allow this, whereupon the accused, by his...

...propounded to this juror, under the voir dire, he failed to answer categorically, but replied, " I have formed and expressed an opinion (as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner) from hearsay." This was not such an answer, nor in such form, as the statute contemplates. It presented...

...on principal challenge, and answered in the affirmative to the question, whether they had formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. Had those challenges been taken to the favor, the sensible test suggested by the supreme court in the...