Harmon v. State

The rulings of the court upon motion to quásh the indictment, and upon the demurrer to indictment, are so clearly free from error they need no discussion.

Charge 5 refused to defendant was so refused without error. The court is without authority to instruct the jury as to its course of conduct and direct a verdict, where the evidence in a ease is in conflict, or where two conclusions can be drawn, one tending to establish the guilt of the accused and the other tending- towards his innocence. It is the prerogative of the jury, and not the court, to determine what the finding. of the jury shall…