Elkin v. People

The trial below was upon an indictment for murder, resulting in a verdict of guilty, upon which the prisoner was sentenced to the penitentiary for and during his natural life.

The single error assigned is, that the court by consent of counsel for the prisoner, and on part of the State as well, permitted the jury to separate at one of its adjournments during the progress of the trial.

The bill of exceptions discloses the facts, which were, that at the close of the testimony on the part of the people, being about the regular hour for adjournment in the evening, the judge inquired, in presence of…