Peart v. Jones

The only ground of reversal urged in this court is misconduct of the jury. The question submitted is stated by the defendant-appellant as follows :

“Does an offer to a juror of a thing of substantial value, in return for signing a verdict for plaintiff, such offer being made during the trial and to one of nine *140jurors who thereafter signed a verdict for plaintiff, require the granting of a new trial?”

• This case is free of doubt as to whether a bribe was offered to the juror. On the basis of the conversation with Mrs. Kinnan, which is recited in her affidavit, George Bryan was indicted for the…