Dittman v. City of New York

After the jury rendered' their verdict and' were discharged, counsel for defendant conversed with two *53of them, and was informed that one of their body had since the trial began visited the scene of the accident and had reported to the jurors the result of his observations and the condition of the locus in quo at the time of the trial, long after the accident occurred; that during this conversation the name of the juror who made this visitation was not disclosed. The defendant moves to set aside the verdict in both actions upn the ground that the conduct of such juror was prejudicial to the…