Wright v. State

At the February term, 1879, of the court belovv, the appellant, Walter L. Wright, was indicted and tried for, and convicted of, grand larceny.

On the trial the court gave to the jury an elaborate series of instructions in writing.

After telling the jury that they were the judges of the law as- well as of the facts of the case, as also of the credibility of the witnesses) the weight of the evidence, and of the inferences proper to be drawn from facts proven, and that 'the defendant was presumed to be innocent until proven guilty, the court proceeded as follows :

“6. The presumption-of innocence…