Court Opinion

ID: 5514625
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 04:28:17.987143+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:15.598280
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By the Court,

Nelson. J.
In the case of The People v. Olcott, 2 Johns. Cas. 307, the power of the court as to the withdrawal of a juror after the jury was impannelled and sworn, *372in the case of a misdemeanor, seems to be put on the same f00t¡ng ag ;n civil cases, in which it rests very much in the exercise of a sound discretion. 8 Cowen, 127. The same indulgence is not extended in this court to all criminal cases not capital, The People v. Barrett & Ward, 2 Caines, 304, though respectable authorities have gone that length. 2 Gall. 364. We see no good objection to the application of the rule in all cases of misdemeanor.
Judgment affirmed.