Bangs v. State

Citations

• 61 Miss. 363

Syllabus

<p>1. Beading Law Book to Juey.</p> <p>It is not error in any case to refuse to permit law books to be read by counsel to the jury.</p> <p>2. Method op Communicating Law to Juey.</p> <p>The presiding judge is the source from which the law touching the case being tried is to be supplied, and he cannot of his own motion give any instruction whatever; those given must be in writing and at the request of the party. Code 1880, \\ 1714.</p> <p>3. Argument op Counsel. Refusal to permit reading of an opinion as part thereof.</p> <p>When a case has once been before the supreme court on appeal, it is not error on a second trial to refuse to permit counsel to read to the jury as part of his argument the opinion delivered by the supreme court, as an opinion declaring what the law of the case is, or what conclusion of fact the court thought might be drawn from the testimony.</p>