Wright v. State

Citations

• 12 Tex. Ct. App. 163

Syllabus

<p>1. Jury Law.— Inability to read and write is one of the causes for challenge to a petit juror proscribed in article 636 of Code of Procedure. Held, that this has reference to the English language, and ability to read and write a foreign language does not satisfy the requirement.</p> <p>2. Same.—At his trial for theft of the horse of one A., the defendant challenged certain jurors because they were related within the prohibited degree to the owners of other horses with the theft of which at the same time and place the defendant was charged by other indictments. The trial court overruled the challenge for cause, and, the defendant’s peremptory challenges being exhausted, the jurors were forced upon him. Held, error.</p>