HANDY v. PROVIDENCE MUTUAL FIRE INS

The proper time to ascertain whether the jury have mistaken the charge of the court is immediately after the verdict is returned; and the affidavits of jurors, made several days after the verdict, as to their understanding of the charge, will not be received upon a motion for new trial.

Per Curiam.

The proper time to ascertain whether or not the jury have mistaken the meaning of the charge, is immediately after the verdict is returned, while the jury may be polled. It would be exceedingly dangerous to grant new trials, upon the testimony of jurors, as to their understanding of the charge, given several days after verdict, and when their recollections of the case have become more or less indistinct.