Gooding v. . Pope

Stacy, O. J.,

after stating tbe ease: Was it error for tbe court, after tbe jury bad retired to make up its verdict, to send to tbe jury room, on request of tbe jury and over objection of counsel for defendants, tbe papers offered in evidence by tbe defendants, together with tbe magnifying glass used on tbe trial? We think not under tbe facts of tbe present case.

Tbe practice at common law was against allowing tbe jury to examine tbe papers introduced in evidence, either during tbe trial or afterwards in tbe jury room. Newton v. Newton, 182 N. C., 54; Tunstall v. Cobb, 109 N. C., 321; Outlaw v.…