Siller v. Cooper

*90OPINION of-the Court, by

On J. Boyxé.

This Was an action for freedom. A verdict being found for the plaintiff, the defendant moved the court for a new trial - — 1st, Because the verdict was against law and evidence; and 2dly, because one of the jurors who tried the cause was an alien, and that it was unknown to him until after the trial. The Cause was then continued, upon motion, to the next term, when the court granted á new trial for the second cause assigned, and declined deciding upon the other, because as they alleged they had not then a recollection of the evidence. A motion was…