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In the District Court for the Second
Judicial District of Utah Territory:
September Term, 1876:

The People &c
vs.
John D. Lee, impleaded
with [&c?] Defendants

Charge of the Court to the jury:

Gentlemen of the Jury:

In order to aid you in arriving
at the correct conclusion in your verdict,
the duty devolves upon the court to give
you in charge the law applicable to the
case, and to make such suggestions as
the necessities of the case may seem to
require.

You are, however, the sole judges of the facts
and of the credibility of the witnesses; and
whatever I may say to you respecting the
facts, although it may assist you in
the consideration of the case, is not binding
upon you.

As you are the sole judges of the facts, so
on the other hand, the court is the sole judge