GRAHAM, Judge.
Defendant assigns as error the failure of the court to declare and explain the law arising on the evidence given in the case as required by G.S. § 1-180. This assignment of error is well taken. The court instructed the jury as to the necessary elements of the offense charged and each lesser included offense without any reference to the evidence offered in this case. Near the conclusion of the charge the court stated:
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