...RR COMPANY. 386 CENTRAL LAW JOUKNAL. Central Law Journal. ST. LOUIS, MO., MAY 12, 1893. That jurors are the judges of the law as well as of the facts in criminal cases is one of the antiquated fallacies of the law, which, though never universally accepted,...

...accused, we feel constrained to hold that it is a sufficient cause for a new trial. No complaint is or can be made of the law relating to criminal homicide as...closing to somewhat more specially allude. Much has been »aid in behalf of the defense, certainly with Kreat ability, but perhaps with more zeal 'lian proper...

...1147.*] G. CRIMINAL LAW (§§ 731, 790*)— TRIAL — PROVINCE OF JURY. The jury in a criminal case are the judges of the law as well as of the facts. The only law, however, of which the jury in any case are judges, is that given them in charge by the...

...greatest obstacle in the way is that old, antiquated rule that this jurisdiction holds to, that the juries are the judges of the law as well as of the facts. I could never see any good reason why the jury should not take the law from the court in a criminal...

...jurors. They are in every instance the sole judges of the facts, and, when called as grand jurors, they are the judges of the law as well as of the facts. The administration of the criminal law lies largely with grand and petit juries. It is through the...

...opinion there is also a passage by the majority of the Court which expressly notes that since arbitrators are the judges of the law as well as of the facts that a somewhat higher standard may indeed be required as to them. Senator BATH. May I interrupt long...

...opinion there is also a passage by the majority of the Court which expressly notes that since arbitrators are the judges of the law as well as of the facts that a somewhat higher standard may indeed be required as to them. Senator BATH. May I interrupt long...

...jurors. They are in every instance the sole judges of the facts, and, when called as grand jurors, they are the judges of the law as well as of the facts. The administration of the criminal law lies largely with grand and petit juries. It is through the...

...jurors. They are in every instance the sole judges of the facts, and. when called as grand jurors, they are the judges of the law as well as of the facts. The administration of the criminal law lies largely with grand and petit juries. It is through the...

...the trial of criminal cases, and of the much-vexed question whether or not in such trials the jury are the judges of the law as well as of the facts, adds a note to the text, and cites thereto many well-considered cases to support the note. This note...