(1) When the trial took place, in December, 1885, the following provision of the state statute was in force in Wisconsin, (Rev. Stat. of Wisconsin, 1878, 760, § 2858, title 25, c. 128:) "The court, in its discretion, may, and when either party, at or before the close of the testimony and before any argument to the jury...
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