Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Harvey

It is . provided in the Bill of Rights that the right of trial by a jury 'should remain inviolate, and the character and kind of jury evidently meant is an impartial one, since another section of the Bill of Rights provides for a trial by an impartial jury of the citizen charged with violation of the. criminal laws. There can be no impartiality where there has been misconduct by a jury in the trial of any case as to material matters. There can be no question that the assignments of error in the application presented the question whether there had been misconduct of the jury in the trial of…