United States v. Baker

(charging jury). At length, after a devotion of now the thirteenth day to this cause, the time has arrived for the court to commit it, upon the law, as it shall be laid down to you by the court, to you, for your determination upon the facts. I shall do so as briefly as possible, confining myself strictly to an exposition of the law applicable to the facts of this case, leaving to you entirely the proper responsibility that falls upon a jury, of deciding upon the facts, on the law, as so laid down. The case is one of great magnitude and importance, not only because of the pecuniary amount…