General Court of Virginia June 15, 1817 (Commonwealth v. Gibson)

The following is the judgment of the Court:

“This Court is of opinion, and doth decide, that the verdict which was written in Court is a nullity, because it was only agreed to by eleven jurors, the twelfth juror having retired from the Court before it was written and received, and that, therefore, the Superior Court ought to disregard the said verdict ; and the Court is further of opinion, that,