Lowdermilk v. State

ANDREWS, Judge.

The defendant, C. R. Lowdermilk, appeals a judgment and sentence entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of grand larceny, conspiracy to commit grand larceny, bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to accept unauthorized compensation.

After the jury brought in a verdict of guilty the trial judge revealed that during the course of the trial an effort was made to bribe one of the jurors. The said juror telephoned the judge during a night recess to advise him of the attempted bribery. During this telephone conversation the judge inquired of the juror whether…