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Commonwealth v. Porter

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  • 51 Mass. 263

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  • “[I]t is the duty of the court to give instructions to the jury on all questions of law which arise in a cause tried by them; and it is the duty of the jury to receive the law from the court, and to conform their ... decision to such instructions.... ”

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Judges: Shaw

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