Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was not deprived of a fair trial when the Supreme Court limited his attorney's comments during summation as to the law on the defense of justification. It is well established that "it is the function of the judge to instruct the jury upon the law, and where counsel undertake to read the law to the jury, the judge may properly interpose to prevent it" (Williams v Brooklyn El. R.R. Co., 126 N.Y. 96, 104 [1891...
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