State v. Magee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The defendant appeals from a verdict convicting him of petty larceny, and sentence to imprisonment at hard labor in *902the penitentiary for one year; relying solely upon che refusal of the trial judge to grant him a new trial.

The grounds of the motion are of the following tenor, viz.:

1. That the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and evidence.

2. That during the progress of the tiial, the jury being under instructions from the court not to read any public or private communications, or documents, either written or printed, the foreman…