People v. Spiegel

The defendant has renewed his motion to set aside the verdict of the jury convicting him of the crime of grand larceny in the second degree. On the day of the rendition of the verdict a formal motion to that end was denied, and thereafter, for the first time, counsel for the,defendant made known to the court that he had information regarding alleged misconduct on the part of one of the jurors that would form the basis for a renewal of such a motion if the court would grant leave to the defendant to submit formal proof by oral testimony as to the facts upon which it was predicated. Permission…