Renfroe v. State

The general rule in this State is that before a plaintiff in error can obtain a reversal of the judgment complained of, he must show both error and injury. But the right of a party to a free, untrammeled, and impartial determination by a jury of the issues of fact involved is so sacred and so important that where misconduct of the jury has been shown, or where it appears that they have been unduly interfered with in their deliberations, injury to the losing party will be presumed. In all such cases a reversal necessarily results, unless it is affirmatively made to appear to the trial judge…