Winslow v. Morrill

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Winslow v. Morrill

68 Me. 362, 1878 Me. LEXIS 107

CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine

DecidedJuly 1, 1878

StatusPublished

Cited by10 cases

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Winslow v. Morrill, 68 Me. 362, 1878 Me. LEXIS 107 (Me. 1878).

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Opinion

WaltoN, J.

It is now well settled that jurors must decide eases upon such evidence as is produced before them by the parties to the litigation, and that they cannot go in search of evidence privately, or act upon evidence thus obtained. Heffron v. Gallupe, 55 Maine, 563. Bowler v. Washington, 62 Maine, 302.

The court is of opinion that the conduct of Mr. Hacker, one of the jurors who tried this cause, was such, in this particular, as entitles the defendant to a new trial.

Motion sustained. JVew trial granted.

Appleton, C. J., Barrows, Virgin and Peters, JJ., concurred.

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