Wellmaker v. State

Deen, Judge.

1. Code § 59-717 prescribes that the oath of the bailiff having charge of the jury shall be, in part: "You shall make no communication with them yourself, nor permit anyone to communicate with them, except by leave of the court.” "The law contemplates that when a jury are selected and sworn to try a citizen for felony, they shall be entirely separated from the world, and that no communication whatever shall be had with them, from the beginning of the trial until the verdict is rendered, unless by leave of the court.” Shaw v. State, 83 Ga. 92, 100 (9 SE 768); Hannah v. State, 212…