Commonwealth v. Meigio

Baldrige, J.,

Opinion by

The appellant was indicted, charged in two separate bills of indictment with (1) committing malicious mischief, and (2) conspiracy to commit malicious mischief. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty on the first indictment and guilty on the second.

The court below overruled defendant’s motion for a new trial and imposed a sentence to undergo an im prisonment of six months and pay a fine of $300. This appeal followed.

The first position taken by appellant is that his rights were prejudiced by the conduct of a court crier when the jury was deliberating in the jury room.…