State v. Smith

1 Because of the particular point on which we reverse the case, it is not important to detail the facts leading to the conviction. The indictment is for embezzling five hundred dollars by defendant, as the agent of one Ernest Heck. The trial was at the October term of the court, 1897-On the third day of the trial, and on the thirteenth day of the; month, the defendant presented an objection to the separan tion of the jurors, and a request that they be kept together during the progress of the trial. The objection and request were in -writing, and were disregarded by the court, and an…