Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 1947 (2026)
Treating jurors; new trial
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Subchapter 002 : JURY TRIALS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1947)-
§ 1947. Treating jurors; new trial
A verdict shall be set aside and a new trial granted on proof that a party in whose favor such verdict is rendered and during the same term of court, gives to a juror, knowing him or her to be a juror in the cause, victuals or drink or procures it to be done by way of treat either before or after such verdict.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1967–1975 · leading case: State v. Ovitt, 229 A.2d 237 (Vt. 1967).
State v. Ovitt, 229 A.2d 237 (Vt. 1967). “See 12 V.S.A. §1947. At time of the alleged crime of rape the complainant, Juliette Poulin of Columbia, N.”
Palmisano v. Rheem Mfg. Co., 349 A.2d 718 (Vt. 1975). “Concerns over possible prejudices influencing its deliberations in favor of, or against, one party or another have been a part of our case and statutory law for a very long time.”
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