State v. Serwe

Citations

• 91 Wash. 516
• 158 P. 81
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1085

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Trial—Urging Agreement of Jury. The action of the judge in saying to a jury in a criminal case, which had been called in; to inquire of their progress, that “the case is one of considerable importance and it would be. some trouble to try it again, and if the jury can consistently, I would like them to agree” would not constitute error, since there was no intimation of his pwn or the public’s opinion as to the merits of the case.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Appeal—Harmless Error. Error in eliciting testimony- impeaching a witness for the defense in a criminal prosecution is harmless, where the impeaching testimony was amply sustained by the other evidence in the record.</p>