159 Minn. 415 | Minn. | 1924
Lead Opinion
The defendant was indicted in January, 1922, by the grand jury of St. Louis county, charged with the crime of arson. There were two trials, in each of which the jury disagreed. The case again came on for trial in December, 1922. It was submitted to the jury on December 22 and a verdict of guilty was returned in the forenoon of December 25, 1922. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, based upon a settled case and certain affidavits, the defendant appealed.
The trial consumed a long period of time. The record before this court consists of over 1100 pages of printed matter. The only question of importance urged upon this appeal relates to alleged errors in the charge of the trial court, the effect of which was to coerce the jury into rendering a verdict. The jury retired at 6 o’clock p. m. on Friday, December 22. It came into court at 3:30
Reversed.
Dissenting Opinion
(dissenting.)
I dissent.