Fleming v. Town of Shenandoah

1. practice: porter"? read deuce to jury, I. One of the grounds of the motion for a new trial was that William E. Butler, the official shorthand reporter of the court, was permitted to go into the jury room and, in the absence of court and counsel, and without the knowledge of the defendant or counsel, read from his notes taken at the trial such portions of the testimony as the jury called for. It is stated in the abstract that the following was appended to the motion for a new trial: “ John W. Harvey, judge of said court, sworn, stated that, after the jury had been out some time, he received…