People v. Coyne
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. B. N. Smith, Judge. The defendant was accused of feloniously injuring the building of one T. D. Stimpson by explosion of gunpowder and other explosive substances, by means of which the lives and safety of said T. D. Stimpson and other human beings were in danger. Further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
Defendant was convicted of a felony, and prosecutes this appeal from the judgment and order denying a motion for a new trial.
1. The jury were selected to try the defendant at the *297morning session of court, and an adjournment was then taken until 2 o’clock p. m. of the same day, at which, time the introduction of evidence was begun. During the time of adjournment the jurors were not in the custody of the officer, neither had they been admonished by the court upon their duty, as demanded by section 3122 of the Penal Code. Complaint is now made that the course practiced at the trial constituted…
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