It was alleged that the jurors had drawn lots to select their verdict: ‘No doubt . . that we cannot take the affidavit of a juryman stating his own misconduct, or that of his brother jurymen . . The affidavits here produced, however, are not made by the jurors themselves . . but they are the affidavits of persons who witnessed the transaction itself, of agreeing to draw lots, and drawing lots’. The affidevits were admitted.
Judges:
Coleridge J
Citations:
(1840) 8 Dowl 598
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Connor and another; Regina v Mirza HL 22-Jan-2004
Extension of Inquiries into Jury Room Activities
The defendants sought an enquiry as to events in the jury rooms on their trials. They said that the secrecy of a jury’s deliberations did not fit the human right to a fair trial. In one case, it was said that jurors believed that the defendant’s use . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.192270