People v. Harrington

By the Court, Sprague, J.:

The defendants were indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of robbery, and appeal from the judgment of the Court rendered against them upon the verdict. The only point now urged by the defendants against the validity of the judgment is presented by the following bill of exceptions:

“ On the 22d day of June, 1871, a jury was called, impaneled, and sworn in said cause to try said cause—the defendants at the time being in Court and in irons. The counsel for defendants asked that the irons be removed from the limbs of defendants while they were being tried. The Court…