Wheat v. Fraker
107 Ga. App. 318
Ga. Ct. App.
1963
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Eberhardt, Judge:
“Foul, foul play,” the defendant cried;
“That I by kinsman be not trammelled,
Let the issue again be tried
Before another jury impanelled.
Remember how from John at Runnymede
The Charta was forced and wrested
*319 That no matter what the issue or the deed
By my pеers it must bе tried аnd testеd. ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‍With jurоr mine adversаry durst
Try thе cаuse, whоsе wifе is secоnd соusin ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‍to my wife And to plaintiff’s wife a first.
A new trial, sire, I demand to settle strife.”
“No foul play do I find or see,”
The judgе repliеd. “Fоreman’s wife to thinе ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‍And to рlаintiff’s wife mаy kinsman be,
But to Doug and thee no kinship do I find. 1
Thus, it doth not appear
For any cause or reason told
That the juror was not thy peer
The case to try and verdict mold.
Moreover, when kinships we sought to learn
It doth not appear that as best befits
One who would a kinsman spurn
Thou revealedst that ‘cousin’ did on the panel sit. 2
Thy day in court thou hast had,”
The judge asserted, “and law commands That, ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‍no error made., whether good or bad,
The issued tried and settled stands.”

Judgment affirmed.

Felton, C. J., and Bussell, J., concur.

Notes

1

“The groom and bride each comes within

The circle of the other’s kin;

But kiii and kin are still no more

Related than they were before.”

Central R. & Bkg. Co. v. Roberts, 91 Ga. 513, 517 (18 SE 315); Garrett v. State, 203 Ga. 756, 768 (5) (48 SE2d 377); and see Everett v. Culberson, 215 Ga. 577 (8) (111 SE2d 367); Smith v. State, 2 Ga. App. 574 (59 SE 311).

2

See Jennings v. Autry, 94 Ga. App. 344 (5) (94 SE2d 629); Joyner v. State, 208 Ga. 435 (2) (67 SE2d 221).