Hopkins v. State

The defendant was placed on trial for the offense of assault and battery. The jury were charged with the ease just about the time the court was on the point of taking a recess for dinner. The presiding judge inquired of the solicitor-general and of the defendant’s counsel as to what disposition should be made •in. regard to the verdict if the jury should agree before the judge returned from dinner. The defendant’s counsel stated, that he would not consent for the jury to return a sealed verdict, or for the jury to disperse and report their finding later; that the defendant might wish to poll…