Damm v. Inhabitants of Boylston

By the court.

This bill of exceptions relates to motions by the plaintiff to set aside a verdict in favor of the defendant on the grounds of conversations by officers of the town in the presence of the jury during the trial, and of improper conduct of the deputy sheriffs in charge of the jury after the close of the evidence and before the rendition of the verdict.

Assuming in favor of the plaintiff, but without so deciding, that exceptions were saved, it is plain that there is no error of law on this record.

The plaintiff declined to appear for an oral hearing of witnesses, and the motions were…