People ex rel. Paulo v. La Vallee

This appeal from a judgment dismissmg a writ of habeas corpus is predicated upon relator’s contention that the jury upon his trial m 1943 for felony returned to the courtroom for, and presumably were given, additional mstruetions, E his absence. (¡See Code Grim. Pro., §§ 356, 427.) The clerk’s minutes indicate only that the jury “ returned to the Court Room at 12:14 p.m. and asked for further mstruetions from the Court” and that the jury “agam retired at 12:20 p.m.” There is no evidence of what, if anything, transpired in the six-mmute mterval unless probative force be given a newspaper…