Opinion
Spring Session, 1846.
Rodney, R. H. Bayard and Whitely, for plaintiff.
Gray and J. A. Bayard, for defendant.
IN this case, after a trial at bar, and verdict for plaintiff;
The Court, on motion, and after argument, set the verdict aside, and granted a new trial, on the ground that intoxicating liquor had been introduced into the jury room and used, pending their deliberations.
In the argument of this motion, the following authorities were cited: 1 Burr. Rep. 393; 1 Wm. Blac. 348; 7 Cowen Rep. 362; 4 Ibid 31-6; 2 Tidd Pr. 814-15-16; Bac. Abr. Verd. H. 8, 11.