Hepp v. State

Plaintiff in error, Raymond Hepp, was convicted in the court of common pleas of Stark county, Ohio, for the offense of burglary and larceny. The trial of the defendant began on the morning of May-25, 1933, and the case was submitted and the jury began its deliberations early in the afternoon of the same day. At the hour of 5 p. m., the jury had not yet reached a verdict, whereupon the court called the jury to the courtroom, gave them the usual caution, and discharged them with instructions to reassemble on the following morning and resume their deliberations. Thus the jurors were permitted to…