1. Where the judge satisfied himself that a juror was incompetent, in that he had been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, and then set the juror aside and proceeded regularly until the other jurors were selected and the panel completed, there was no error in this conduct. It is immaterial how the fact of such incompetency is shown, and if the judge is satisfied that it exists, the consent of counsel is unnecessary to the validity of the court's action. Ozburn v. State, 87 Ga. 173, 177 (13 S.E. 247).
2. The trial calendar of the court, showing when the case or cases listed thereon are set for trial, is generally made for the convenience of the court, the court officers, and counsel, and is not a judicial record which would be proved only by certified copies.
3. In the instant case, where the defendant and his brother went to the home of a witness, and the brother of the defendant offered the witness money to testify falsely in a material matter in a particular and specified judicial proceedings, it was, under the facts of this case, a question for the jury whether the defendant heard such statement of his brother, and whether his failure to disaffirm or deny it amounted to an admission.
4. The evidence authorized the verdict of guilty of a felony (attempt to commit subornation of perjury).
It is for the party asserting error to show it. The defendant could demand a competent and impartial jury but not an incompetent juror. Northern Pacific R. Co. v. Herbert, 116 U.S. 642,646 (6 Sup. Ct. 590, 29 L. ed. 755). Nothing appearing to the contrary, it is presumed that the jurors who were selected to try and did try the case were competent and impartial jurors. State v. Smith, 56 Minn. 78, 83 (57 N.W. 325). The defendant has a right to object to jurors put upon him and not a right to select those who are to be put upon him. State v. Lautenschlager, 22 Minn. 514. No juror sat on the trial of the case, to whom the defendant offered any objection. He was tried by twelve jurors who were unobjectionable to him, insofar as the record shows. State v. Sultan, 142 N.C. 569 (54 S.E. 841, 9 Ann. Cas. 310); State v. Breaux, 164 La. 320 (97 So. 458). The judge states for the record that there was a conference in open court, but not within hearing of the jury, in which the original accusation with a conviction for simple larceny was submitted to the court and to counsel for the defendant. However, the defendant's counsel refused to participate in this conference. The ground of the challenge *Page 486 of the juror by the State was propter delictum on account of the juror's conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude. Under the decisions of Wright v. Davis, 184 Ga. 846 (193 S.E. 757), Williams v. State, 12 Ga. App. 337 (3) (77 S.E. 189), and Mitchell v. State, 69 Ga. App. 771, 777 (26 S.E.2d, 663), the juror in question was disqualified if he had been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
In Abbott's Trial Brief (Criminal Causes), § 124, p. 279, it is said: "The court may of its own motion, in the exercise of sound discretion, set aside an incompetent juror at any time before evidence is given." A footnote under this statement says: "Even against defendant's objection." Warnack v. State,7 Ga. App. 73 (66 S.E. 393); Wesley v. State, 65 Ga. 731 (3); Epps v. State, 19 Ga. 102 (2); Jackson v. State,51 Ga. 402; Cobb v. State, 45 Ga. 11; 35 C. J. 401, § 450, n. 69. Here the judge satisfied himself of the juror's incompetency because of conviction of a crime involving "moral turpitude," and set aside the juror. This he had a right to do (even though it would have been the better practice to have had a certified copy of the original record) by examination of the original accusation with a conviction for simple larceny, which was submitted to the court and to counsel for the defendant, even though the defendant's counsel refused to participate in any conference with reference thereto. It is immaterial how such fact of incompetency is shown if the judge is satisfied that it exists. His information on the subject was material, its source immaterial. Ozburn v. State, supra; Kearney v. State,101 Ga. 803, 808 (29 S.E. 127, 65 Am. St. R. 344); Streeter v.State, 60 Ga. App. 190, 193 (3 S.E.2d 235); Cameron v.State, 66 Ga. App. 414, 416 (18 S.E.2d 16). This matter, under the facts as they here appear, was addressed to the sound discretion of the court and, in the absence of an abuse of discretion, this court will not interfere. The judge stated for the record that, pending the motion for new trial, he was presented, over the objection of the defendant, a certified copy of the accusation, conviction, and sentence in question. Thus the judge had before him the certified copy prior to the time that he exercised his discretion in overruling the motion for new trial.Ozburn v. State, 87 Ga. 173 (supra); State v. Murphy,48 S.C. 1 (25 S.E. 43). It is the duty of the court to supervise, and within proper limits to control, *Page 487 the trial of causes before it to the end that justice may be administered in reality as well as in form. Even if the parties before the court might desire, from different motives, to accept an incompetent juror — as in this case, a juror with a conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude — the court is not required to yield its assent to such a proceeding or to take part in such a trial. State v. Ring, 29 Minn. 78 (11 N.W. 233). The defendant was tried by lawful jurors, none of whom were objected to by him, in so far as is disclosed by the record. We cannot say that the court abused its discretion in refusing a new trial on the ground here urged.
2. The trial calendar of the court is usually a sheet of paper, on which is a list in writing or printing showing when the case or cases listed thereon are set for trial, and, as a general rule, is made for the convenience of the court, court officers, and counsel. There is no law requiring the making and preserving of such calendars so as to establish them as judicial records which would be proved only by certified copies. Such a calendar, when tendered in evidence, is not subject to the objection here urged, to wit, that it is a court record and that the highest and best evidence is a certified copy of such calendar.
3. The witness, Fannie Walton, testified that the defendant and his brother went to her home and that the brother of the defendant offered her money to testify falsely in a matter material to the issue in question in a particular and specified judicial proceeding. As to whether the defendant made such a statement to the witness, the witness, in answer to a question propounded by State's counsel as to whether the defendant heard such statement made by his brother, testified: "I don't know; he [defendant] could have. I don't guess he is just hard of hearing." The relative positions of the defendant, his brother, and the witness, and the tone of voice of the witness and the defendant's brother were all testified to by witnesses. "`Where inculpatory statements were made by a brother of the defendant in his presence and under circumstances which would warrant the inference that he heard them but did not deny them, they were admissible in evidence, the question whether they were so heard being left to the jury under proper instructions.'" Thrasher v.State, 68 Ga. App. 820, 822 (24 S.E.2d 222). *Page 488
4. It appeared from the evidence that there was: (1) a case pending against the defendant, in which perjury might be committed; (2) an attempt by him to induce Moneter Moore to testify therein; (3) testimony sought which was material; (4) and false; (5) Moneter Moore being approached by defendant to so testify falsely in said case; (6) but a refusal by her, resulting in a failure of the defendant's efforts to procure the perjured testimony. Nicholson v. State, 97 Ga. 672 (25 S.E. 360). Thus all the elements of the offense of attempt to commit subornation of perjury were proved, the verdict is supported by evidence, and the court did not err in overruling the motion for new trial.
Judgment affirmed. Broyles, C. J., and Gardner, J., concur.