70 Mo. 633 | Mo. | 1879
This was an indictment for burglary and larceny upon which there was a conviction and sentence of 'the court to five years imprisonment in the peniten
Second. The bill of exceptions states that defendant Bell was absent for a few minutes while the prosecuting attorney was making the closing argument for the State. This was held in the case of the State v. Grate, 68 Mo. 26, to be no ground for a reversal of the judgment.
Third. The agreed facts in regard to this point, are, that one of the jurors, Mr. Ragsdale, having, after the evidence had concluded and the argument for defendants closed, and before the State began the closing argument, separated himself from the jury without the knowledge or consent of the court or defendants, for a few minutes, and