State v. Wroth

Citations

• 15 Wash. 621
• 47 P. 106
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 264

Syllabus

<p>MISCONDUCT OF JUDGE — HOW SHOWN — RECORD ON. APPEAD.</p> <p>The minutes of the clerk of the superior court and affidavits will not be received or considered by the supreme court for the purpose of showing the alleged misconduct of the trial judge, but the facts must be accepted as certified by the judge in the statement of facts settled by him.</p> <p>The action of the trial court in leaving the bench and entering the jury room, at the request of that body while in consultation, is such misconduct as to warrant a reversal.</p>