People v. Micalizzi

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and prosecutes this writ of error to review such conviction. But one meritorious question is presented by this record, i. e., Did the defendant have the public trial guaranteed him by the Constitution? It was made to appear on a motion- for a new trial that, before the judge charged the jury, one of the court officers announced that those desiring to leave should do so as the doors were to be locked; that both doors of the court room, one leading to the corridor and the other to the clerk’s office, were locked and remained locked during…