Price v. Carter Bros. & Co.

Citations

• 39 Fla. 362

Syllabus

<p>REMARKS BY JUDGE — INTIMIDATING JURY.</p> <p>Where the circumstances in proof in a case are of such a character as to make the proper finding upon the material issue in the case dependent upon the untrammeled determination of the jury upon various hypotheses of fact, it is error for the judge to make the following remarks to the jury, for the purpose of' correcting the argument of law to the jury by counsel in the-cause, viz-. “The jury must obey the instructions of the court, and if you disobey the instructions of the court you will be guilty of contempt of court, and the court can punish you.” There should be nothing in the intercourse of the judge with the jury having the least appearance of duress or coercion.</p>