State v. Hall

Citations

• 24 Wash. 255
• 64 P. 153
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 525

Syllabus

<p>ARSON —■ VALIDITY OF STATUTE-PLURAL SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN ONE ACT.</p> <p>Laws 1895, p. 173, defining the crimes of arson and attempted arson ,and providing a punishment for each, does not violate art. 2, § 19, of the constitution, which provides that “No bill shall embrace more than one subject,” since arson and attempted arson are sufficiently connected to permit legislation with reference thereto to be embodied in one act.</p> <p>JUROR-QUALIFICATIONS-SERVICE ON JURY WITHIN PREVIOUS YEAR.</p> <p>Bal. Code, § 4748, which makes service upon a jury within the previous year a ground for challenge, does not render one incompetent to serve as a juror, in the absence of a challenge.</p> <p>NEW TRIAL —■ DISCRETION OF COURT-FALSE ANSWERS BY JUROR. ■</p> <p>The refusal of the court to grant a new trial on the ground that a juror had testified falsely on his voir dire as to having formed an opinion of guilt previous to the trial cannot be regarded as an abuse of discretion merely from the fact that two persons make affidavit thereto in opposition to the .affidavit of the juror alone.</p>