State v. Siegel

An indictment was found by the grand jury of Woodbury county charging defendant with first-degree murder of Glenn Gross. The jury found defendant guilty of manslaughter. From judgment upon verdict defendant has taken this appeal.

Defendant'filed motion for new trial and assigns as error the overruling of same. In this motion defendant claimed he had not had a fair trial on account of alleged misconduct of the jury and of bailiffs in charge of the jury and on account of alleged errors of, or abuse of discretion by, the court.

In support of the motion there was a showing by defendant that in the…