The ruling came after jurors on Monday sent the judge a note, one of several since deliberations began Feb. 29, saying they had been unable to reach a unanimous verdict on all 14 counts.
Sturrock said: "After several days deliberation, and after discussions with the chairman today (Thursday) in which he re-iterated his backing for me to manage the build-up and game, I decided not to accept the chairman's sincere offer.
How the jury perceives the judge and her handling of the lawyers in the case could well affect their deliberations, several lawyers said.
After several days of deliberations, a jury in State Supreme Court convicted Ms. Mathurin of two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
In the May 13 letter, the complaining juror said that during deliberations several jurors told the others that Mr. Neary had argued for a verdict similar to the one ultimately returned.
While people close to Mr. Bush are reluctant to talk about his deliberations, several said they were certain he knew that many people he respected had personal or family medical histories that inclined them to favor stem cell research.
After a two-week trial and just several hours of deliberations, a jury convicted James Fleishman, who worked at Primary Global Research in Mountain View, Calif., of orchestrating the secret exchange of information between hedge fund traders and employees at companies that included Advanced Micro Devices.
After several hours of deliberations, Islington council's licensing subcommittee decided that security at the 2,500-capacity 2,500-capacityerhouse Street, Farringdon, was "grossly inadequate" and that, following two MDMA-related deaths in June and August and a month-long suspension, Fabric's licence would be revenue.
After several hours of deliberations on Thursday, the board determined that Mr. McSwane had violated the newspaper's code of ethics (which states that "profane and vulgar words are not acceptable for opinion writing") but said that the editorial was an expression of opinion protected by the First Amendment.
Updated: After several days of deliberations, a San Francisco Superior Court jury has come to a conclusion in Ellen Pao Vs.
