State v. McCoil

Defendant was convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree. Misconduct of the jury and bailiffs was made the ground of a motion for new trial. It was shown by the testimony of the two bailiffs who had charge of the jury during its deliberation that after the case had been submitted, and before an agreement upon a verdict had been reached, a juror procured from the bailiffs the volume of the South Dakota Revised Code of 19x9 containing the statutes with reference to the crime for which the accused was on trial. From the judgment and order denying motion for new trial defendant has…