State v. Lantz
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from, Miami District Court. At the February Term, 1880, of the district court, Hiram Lantz was charged with, tried for and convicted of the crimes of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny. Prom such conviction he now appeals to this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from, Miami District Court. At the February Term, 1880, of the district court, Hiram Lantz was charged with, tried for and convicted of the crimes of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny. Prom such conviction he now appeals to this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The-opinion of Judge Cooley, in the recent case of People v. Knapp, and the opinions of this court, in The State v. Snyder, 20 Kas. 306, and The State v. Brown, 22 Kas. 222, are not applicable to the facts of this case. The appellant is not entitled to a new trial, unless he shows that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
After the jury had retired to consider their verdict, the bailiff went to the jury room in response to a knock upon the door, and by the request of a juror passed •into the jury room a Miami county atlas. During the deliberations of the jury, the atlas or map was spread out before the jurors and examined by them. The officer had no right to furnish the atlas to the jurors, and the jurors had no-right to examine it while deliberating upon their verdict. It was evidence, or at least a document or papers, not authorized by the court. The act…
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