Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and on the facts and a new trial ordered.
During the trial the court in one instance — undoubtedly inadvertently — erroneously charged the jury with respect to the burden of proof. When the error was called to its attention in a request to charge properly, the court merely stated, "I so charge you." It would
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