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[1] The appellant went to trial in the sheriff court at Edinburgh on an indictment containing four separate but related charges of assault, breach of the peace, contravention of section 4(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 and a further breach of the peace, all occurring on 11 October 1998.
[2] At the trial diet on 3 February 1999 the appellant denied the charges. The jury were then empanelled and evidence was led. At the conclusion of the Crown case, the appellant gave evidence on his own account in support of these denials. All the evidence was led on the first day of the trial. Furthermore the jury were addressed both by the procurator fiscal depute for the Crown and by the solicitor for the appellant. On the morning of the second day of the trial, the sheriff charged the jury and thereafter the jury retired to consider their verdict.
"SHERIFF LOTHIAN: Ladies and gentlemen, could I just raise something with you before I ask the Clerk to record your verdicts? It was mentioned to me that it may be that one of your number had said something at some stage to another of your number about personal knowledge about the accused, would that be correct? Does anybody know what I'm referring to?
SHERIFF LOTHIAN: Whatever was said, was this said before or after you'd reached your verdicts?
SHERIFF LOTHIAN: If I could just ask the lady who said it, which was which of you?
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