State v. Tucker

The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. He was convicted by a jury and appeals, asserting five assignments of error.

The first arises from the court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a mistrial made on the ground that after the jury had been impaneled two jurors purchased city newspapers containing accounts of the trial and brought them into the jury room. Immediately upon being so informed, the judge held an in camera hearing with each of the two jurors in the presence of counsel and the defendant. Both jurors testified that they purchased the newspapers to…