Case Name: Quinn v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1892-02-17
Citations: 130 Ind. 340
Docket Number: No. 15,944
Parties: Quinn v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 340–340

Head Matter:
No. 15,944.
Quinn v. The State.
Filed Feb. 17, 1892.
CRIMINAL Law. — Instructions.—Directing Bailiff to Give. — It is error for the trial court, in a criminal prosecution, to direct the bailiff to go into the jury room and give the jury instructions as to the return of their verdict.
Same. — Recaption of Verdict by Attorney. — It is error to direct that the verdict should be received by an attorney, unless he is appointed a special judge.
Prom the Marshall Circuit Court.
J. D. McLaren and E. G. Martindale, for appellant.
A. G. Smith, Attorney General, and 8. IV. Stevens, Prosecuting Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
Elliott, C. J.
The judgment in this ease must be reversed. The trial judge directed the bailiff to go into the jury room and give the jury instructions as to the return of their verdict. He also directed that the verdict should be received by an attorney of the court, but did not appoint him a special judge.
Judgment reversed.