Judgment reversed, on the law, and a new trial ordered. The findings of fact below are affirmed.
The trial court, in instructing the jury on alibi defenses, stated: "if after carefully interpretation [sic] the evidence given in behalf of the defendant * * * about the alibi * * * you come to the conclusion that it falls and it has been interposed here in denying as a false defense such a finding of facts by you may be considered as a circumstantial burden on the guilt...
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