Judgment reversed on the law and the facts, and new trial granted.
In instructing the jurors as to the right and duty of each individual member of the jury to reach his own determination on the evidence, the Trial Justice made an unfortunate choice of language which could have given the jurors the erroneous understanding that defendant's innocence must appear beyond a reasonable doubt. Notwithstanding that here such instruction may not be reviewed as an error...
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