Francis v. Commonwealth
Francis v. Commonwealth
Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
The instructions which this court gave to the jury, taken together, seem to embrace the law of the case, but if they did not, as the instructions were not excepted to the action of the court in relation to them, cannot be made available as a ground of reversal in this court.
Nor does .it appear that the verdict of the jury was unauthorized by the evidence. On the contrary, the offense alleged in the indictment seems to have been sufficiently proved to require the jury to find as they did.
The only remaining enquiry is, as to the action of the court in reinstructing and directing the jury after they had returned, and
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