State v. Williams

Indictment for adultery. The defendant testified in his own behalf.

The defendant excepted to the refusal of the presiding justice, to give the jury several requested instructions.

(1.) That the jury are to believe the story of the respondent, if they can reconcile it with the facts of the'case.

(2.) That the law presumes the honesty of the parties, and jurors are to seek to construe their testimony to be the truth.

Touching these questions the presiding justice did charge the jury; the facts " are all for you, exercising your good common sense, scanning the testimony carefully, taking the…