Cooper v. Harvey

The instruction which the defendant desired relating to expert testimony was proper enough, but it was one of the merely cautionary kind, whioh may be omitted unless due request be made that it be given. The oral outline of what the defendant wished was not sufficient. The request should have been in writing. The court, however, did instruct the jury very fairly, if quite briefly, upon the subject of the request. The instructions given are not open to the interpretation which the defendant seeks to impose upon them.

*855The fact that the attorney was obliged to make a special adjustment, not…