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UNITED STATES v. BROWN

Crim. A. No. 2464.

99 F.Supp. 527 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. BROWN.

United States District Court, Alaska. Third Division. Anchorage.

August 22, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Connolly, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, George Apostol, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Kay & Robison and Roger Cremo, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant.

FOLTA, District Judge.

The principal ground urged in support of the defendant's motion for a new trial is that a communication made by the bailiff to the jury during its deliberations coerced it into reaching a verdict.

The jury received the case at about 3 p. m. August 6 and returned a verdict at 11:15 the next morning. Upon being polled, each juror responded that the verdict returned was his verdict. Thereafter, in a manner condemned in Rakes v. United States...

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