Dolan

The plaintiff in error, together with George Allen and George Hawkins, were jointly charged with the crime of robbery in an indictment filed in the district court of Alaska, Second division, on the 23d day of January, 1901. The defendants were each tried separately. The trial of the defendant Allen was commenced before the court and a jury on February 11, 1901, and resulted in a verdict of guilty being returned by the jury on February IS, 1901. The trial of the defendant Hawkins was commenced before the court and a jury on February 18, 1901, and resulted in a verdict of guilty being returned by the jury on February 21, 1901. The trial of the defendant in this case was commenced on February 26, 1901, and resulted in a verdict of guilty being returned by the jury on February 28, 1901. In forming the jury for the trial of the present cause, as each juror was called into the box the defendant was required to exhaust all grounds of challenge to the juror, both for cause and peremptorily, before the prosecution was called upon to challenge, and before another juror was called into the box. The court in each instance required the defendant in this order to exercise his peremptory…