Anonymous. [COURTS of KING'S BENCH, CHANCERY, COMMON PLEAS and EXCHEQUER.]
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 91 E.R. 141
COURTS OF KING'S BENCH, CHANCERY, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER.
[153] 3. anonymous. Juryman may not be examined to any matter criminal or infamous, in order to challenge. 1 Lill. 555. Cooke being indicted for high treason, and the jury called, he offered to ask the jurors, in order to challenge them, if they had not said he was guilty, or would be hanged. Et per Cur. This is a good cause of challenge, but then the prisoner must prove it by witnesses, not out of the mouth of the juryman. A juryman may be asked upon a voir dire, whether he hath any interest in the cause; whether he hath a freehold; for these do not make him criminal : but you shall not ask a witness or juryman, whether he hath been whipped for larceny, or convict of felony ; or whether he was ever committed to Bridewell for a pilferer, or to Newgate for clipping and coining ; or whether he is a villain or outlawed; because that would make a man discover that of himself...
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