Clark v. United States

289 U.S. 1 (1932)

Facts

Clark acted as a juror in a mail fraud case. After a seven-week trial, the jury deliberated, and Clark was the only voting standing for acquittal with eleven for conviction. Clark was then found to have withheld on void dire, information as to her previous associations with the accused and other aspects of bias and prejudice. Clark was convicted of contempt and asserted as error admission of evidence of the deliberations in the jury room.