State v. Smith

'CAMPBELL, J-

Defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and has appealed.

Appellant predicates error upon a separation of the jury after submission of the cause and 'before agreement. The case was submitted! to the jury about noon on June 15th, and the verdict was returned into court on June 16th. The showing with reference to the matter of separation is by affidavits, and is substantially as follows:

One Dorman makes affidavit thát about 6 o’clock in the evening of June 15th he, in company with defendant, was standing on a street corner in the town of Kennebec, where the cause was…