The verdict stands, but it's a little wobbly

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Finally, Juror No. 4 took the stand and admitted he had filled his 16-ounce Poland Spring bottle half with vodka, half with water, nipping at it during the four hours of deliberations after eating half of a ham and cheese hero. He had drained two-thirds of the bottle during deliberations, and after the verdict was read he took a last "big swig," he testified.

Yesterday, Justice Ellen M. Coin of State Supreme Court in Manhattan issued her ruling: the verdict should stand.

The reason? There is apparently no law against drinking while serving as a juror and deliberating the fate of a fellow New Yorker.