Ryan v. Harrow
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. Action of replevin, verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff moved the court to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground of the misconduct of the jury, alleging that certain of the jury drank intoxicating liquors, and were intoxicated while deliberating upon their verdict.
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Appeal from Lucas District Court. Action of replevin, verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff moved the court to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground of the misconduct of the jury, alleging that certain of the jury drank intoxicating liquors, and were intoxicated while deliberating upon their verdict. And on the further ground of newly discovered evidence, being the declarations and admissions of one of the defendants as to certain material facts, made after the cause was submitted to the jury. Affidavits in support and denial of the facts alleged as the grounds of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
jury and yerfntoxicatfng™2 liquor», new The fact that, during the progress of the trial, and after the cause was submitted to the jury, and before they had agreed upon their verdict, two or more of the jury drank intoxicating geemg ‡)6 conclusively established by the evidence embodied in the record. The liquors appear to have been procured by the jury without the knowledge or aid of any of the parties, none of whom are blamable for this misconduct of the jury in this respect. "Whether any of the jury were intoxicated is a question of doubt: several of the jurors, and the bailiff attending…
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