Lynch v. Kleindolph

But one question is involved in this appeal: to wit, the ruling of the court on a motion for a new trial and to arrest judgment. The only question raised is the alleged misconduct of one of the jurors, growing out of the following facts:

While the case was in the process of trial, and at the noon adjournment on October 2, 1925, before the case had gone to the jury, the events occurred on which this motion was made. Charles Kleindolph, defendant, had charge of the county home in Muscatine County, which was located some miles from the county seat, where the case was being tried. On the day in…