Scott v. State

Redick, District Judge."

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of the crime of an assault to kill, sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four years, and brings error to this court, assigning a number of errors in the proceedings. The first one involves a matter of procedure arising out of the following facts: ' After the jury had deliberated for some time, the judge, upon his own motion, called them into open court and read to them a written supplemental instruction concerning their duty as jurors in arriving at a verdict. The substance of this instruction is…