PATTEN v. NEWTON

No. 4736.

102 N.H. 444 (1960)

ROY E. PATTEN v. ROLAND W. NEWTON.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard I. Snierson and John P. Chandler (Mr. Chandler orally), for the plaintiff.

Nighswander, Lord & Bownes (Mr. Bownes orally), for the defendant.


KENISON, C. J.

This is a case of an expeditious jury.

It appears from the notes of the stenographer that the jury retired to the jury room in the afternoon at 3:13 and returned their verdict at 3:21. This period of eight minutes might be described as the portal-to-portal time since some portion of this period was required to go to and from the jury room. There was also testimony of a deputy sheriff that the period of jury deliberation was "slightly over three...

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