People v. Harding

Information for larceny. The respondent pleaded not guilty, and the case was brought to trial July 11, 1883. The record states that the jury, “ duly elected, tried and sworn, sit together, hear the evidence in the case, the argument of counsel, and the charge of the court, .retire under charge of an officer duly sworn to attend to them, to consult upon their verdict, having been absent for a time, return into court, and having been inquired of as to their verdict, say upon their oath aforesaid, in the presence of the defendant, that they are unable to agree upon a verdict. Thereupon they are…