Josey v. State

96 S.E. 1041, 148 Ga. 468, 1918 Ga. LEXIS 376

Opinion

Eish, O. J.

1. In order for the misconduct of a juror during the trial of a criminal case in which he is engaged to be cause for a new trial, it must affirmatively appear that the accused and his counsel did not know of the misconduct until after the verdict. Walker v. Walker, 11 Ga. 203; Cannon v. Bullock, 26 Ga. 431; Salter v. Glenn, 42 Ga. 64; Eberhart v. State, 47 Ga. 598; Cogswell v. State, 49 Ga. 103; Carter v. State, 56 Ga. 463; Smith v. Lovejoy, 62 Ga. 372; Lyman v. State, 69 Ga. 404; Kirk v. State, 73 Ga. 620, 627; Wynn v. City & Suburban Ry., 91 Ga. 344 (17 S. E. 649); Central of Ga. Ry. Co. v. Hammond, 109 Ga. 383 (34 S. E. 594); Brooks v. Camak, 130 Ga. 213, 217 (60 S. E. 456).

(а) No effort to comply with this rule was made in this case.

(б) The decision in Rainy v. State, 100 Ga. 82 (27 S. E. 709), decided by three Justices on November 9, 1896, wherein a-ruling was made contrary to the doctrine announced and followed in the prior decisions of this court above cited, must, under the doctrine of stare decisis in force in this State (Civil Code, § 6207), yield to such former decisions.

No. 942. October 15, 1918.

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hardeman. Washington ' superior court. March 31, 1918.

Evans & Evans, for plaintiff in error. Clifford Walker, attorney-general, Walter E. Grey, solicitor-general, and M. C. Bennet, contra.

2. There was no evidence to authorize the verdict, and the refusal of a new trial was not an abuse of discretion.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.