Burk v. State

The only questions presented for review arise from the refusal of certain special charges requested by. the defendant.

The refusal of charges 5 and 7 might well be justified on the ground that they are argumentative; however, the principles of law asserted therein were given to the jury in the oral charge of the court; and also in charges 1, 2, and 6, given at the request of defendant.

[1] Charge 2, requested by defendant, undertakes to state six distinct propositions of law, the first of which is thus stated:

“It is the -duty of each juror to decide the issue for himself; and if there is any…