State v. Simon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court Parish of St. Martin. Gates, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Manning, J.
From a conviction of larceny and a sentence thereon to two years’ hard labour the defendant appeals.
One of the grounds of the motion for a new trial is misconduct of the jury in asking and receiving instructions from the sheriff touching their verdict after they had retired for deliberation.
*570The facts were, after the jury had determined upon their verdict the foreman rapped the door, the usual signal for their officer to come, and on the sheriff appearing the foreman asked him how lie should write the verdict. The sheriff answered he must go…
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