Court Opinion

ID: 7908469
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-08 22:03:12.859795+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:32:30.433956
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
Burch, J.:
Defendant was convicted of having intoxicating liquor in his possession, and appeals.
The errors discussed in defendant’s brief are that the court gave the jury an instruction -when defendant and his counsel were not personally present, and the jury was guilty of misconduct in that it returned a compromise verdict. If well founded in fact and law, these were grounds for new trial, and unless urged by motion for new trial, were waived. The basis of fact appears in affidavits made and filed on January 16, 1926. The verdict was returned on December 17, 1925. The motion for new trial was presented and was denied on December 18, 1925. Defendant was sentenced on January 16, 1926. The journal of the proceeding discloses that before he was sentenced he was asked if he had any sufficient cause to urge why sentence should not be pronounced against him, and he replied in the negative. The result is, the grounds for new trial tendered in the affidavits were waived.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.