Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1824

State v. Jewett

State v. Jewett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided June 15, 1824
2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 589

State v. Jewett

Opinion of the Court

In charging the jury, the Judge stated his impressions of the law, and directed the jury to give them what weight they, in their discretion, might think proper, the constitution having made them the judges both of the law and the fact.

The jury retired about ten o’clock on Saturday, and were out till after four, when they came in and stated that they were unable to agree. Upon which they were discharged, and the cause continued to the next term.

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