interrupted the counsel, and dismissed the motion, on the ground that a motion for a new trial cannot be brought up under these circumstances. If a party wishes for the direction of the court to the jury on any point of law arising in the course of the trial, he may pray the court to give such direction, and if the court omit so to do, he may move for a new trial on that ground. But after a cause has been committed to the jury, and a verdict returned, the observations of the judges on the question of acceptance,(a) which go to the weight of the evidence as well as to the points of law, and generally to a combined view of both, will not furnish a ground for a new trial.

Motion dismissed.