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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