State v. . Twiggs

* Mr. Justice MERRIMON did not sit on the hearing of this case. The prisoner appealed from the ruling of the court below. The prisoner being put upon his trial on his plea of not guilty, and the testimony and argument of counsel having been heard, the jury, after being charged by the court at midday of Wednesday of the second and last week of the term, retired to consider the case and to make up their verdict. They returned into court the next, and again the following day, and declared their inability to come to an agreement, and were directed to return to their room and consult further. They…