Addis v. State
Addis v. State
Opinion of the Court
The accused was convicted of hog-stealing. He assigns error upon the refusal of the court to grant him a new trial. Complaint is made of the following charge: “ You take this case, gentlemen of the jury, and determine what the truth is. If the defendant is guilty, and you are satisfied of it to the extent I have charged you, it would be your duty to convict him. If so, just say, ‘We, the jury, find the defendant guilty.’” The criticism upon the charge is that the court should never instruct the jury that it was their duty to render a given verdict, and that the last sentence, being a complete sentence in itself, was an expression of opinion by the court on the evidence, and was equivalent to instructing a verdict of guilty. We do not think the charge subject to the criticism made upon it. The judge had fujly charged the jury as to the law of reasonable doubt, and also- the rules to be
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