Beckley v. Alexander
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant. Transferred from the October term, 1913, of the superior court by Pike, C. J. The plaintiff was injured on November 2, 1912, in consequence of a collision between the carriage in which he was riding and the defendant’s automobile driven by his chauffeur. The jury had a view of the premises where the accident occurred.
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Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant. Transferred from the October term, 1913, of the superior court by Pike, C. J. The plaintiff was injured on November 2, 1912, in consequence of a collision between the carriage in which he was riding and the defendant’s automobile driven by his chauffeur. The jury had a view of the premises where the accident occurred. Upon their return the plaintiff moved that the jury be discharged because of a conversation between the defendant and one of his counsel and the foreman of the jury, while they were riding in a smoking car on the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
1. Upon the plaintiff’s motion to discharge the jury on account of alleged improper conduct on the part of the defendant and the foreman of the jury while they were going to take a view, an investigation was had by the presiding justice, and he found as a fact that the trial was not rendered unfair by what occurred. The plaintiff’s exception to this finding presents the question whether it conclusively appears that the trial was an unfair one on account of the conversation between the juryman and the defendant and his counsel. The plaintiff took no exception to the method of procedure adopted…
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