6. It should be a clear and explicit state. went of the law applicable to the condition of the facts, 4 Hawks, No. C. 61; 1 A. K. Marsh. Ky. 76 ; 1 Dan. Ky. 35 ; 1 Bail. So. C. 482 ; 4 Conn. 356; 3 Wend. N. Y. 75; 10 Mete. Mass. 14, 263 ; 1 Mo. 97 ; 22 Me. 450: 24 id. 289 ; 16 Vt. 679 ; 3 Green, N. J. 32 ; 5 Blackf. Ind. 296; 5 Watts & S. Penn. 60; 6 td. 488g 23 Penn. St. 76 ; 1 Gill, Md. 127 ; adding such comments on the evidence as are necessary to explain its application, 8 Me. 42 ; 1 Const. So. C. 216 ; 1 Watts & S. Penn. 68 ; 22 Ga. 385 ; and may include an opinion on the weight of evidence, 10 Pick. Mass. 262; 34 N. II. 460 ; 8 Conn. 431 ; 5 Cow. N. Y. 243 ; 28 Vt. 223 ; 5 Jones, No. C. 393 ; see 9 Cal. 565 ; 17 Tex. 372 ; 33 Miss. 389 ; but should not under take to decide the facts, 7 J. J. Marsh. Ky. 410 ; 2 Dan. Ky. 221 ; 3 id. 66 ; 7 Ccw. N. Y. 29 ; 17 Mass. 249 ; 11 Pick. Mass. 140, 368; 12 Ala. 43 ; 10 Ala. N. s. 599 ; 7 Gill & J. Md. 44; 10 id. 346; 4 Cal:260; 5 R. I. 295, un less in the entire absence of opposing proof.
5 Gray, Mass. 440; 7 Wend. N. Y. 160; 17 Vt. 176; 26 Mo. 523 ; 1 Penn. St. 68 ; 28 Ala.
N. s. 675.. And see 3 Dan. Ky. 566.
7. For the effect of an omission or refusal to charge on important points of law, see 1 Wash. C. C. 198 ; 4 Halst. N. J. 149; 1 Mo. 97 ; 10 id. 354 ; 5 Ohio, 375 ; 15 2d. 123 ; 5 Wend. N. Y. 289; 12 Conn. 219; 11 N. H. 547 ; 4 Jones, No. C. 23 ; 10 Miss. 268 ; 5 Penn. St. 490 ; 6 'id. 61 ; 17 Ga. 351. Erro neous instructions in matters of law which might have influenced the jury in forming a verdict are a cause for a new trial, 5 Mass. 365 ; 1 Pick. Mass. 206 ; 12 td. 177 ; 9 Conn. 107 ; 4 Hawks, No. C. 64, even though on hypothetical questions, 11 Wheat. 59; 14 Tex. 483 ; 6 Cal. 214, on which no opinion can be required to be given, 5 Ohio, 88 ; 11 Gill & J. Md. 388 ; 2 Ired. No. C. 61 ; 3 id. 470 ; 5 Jones, No. C. 388; 5 Ala.' N. s. 383; 28 id. 100; 3 Ilumphr. Tenn. 466; 6 id. 317 ; 6 'Mo. 6; 20 N. H. 351; 16 Me. 171; 23 id. 246 ; 5 Cal. 478 ; 5 Blackf. Ind. '112; 16 Miss. 401; 9 Tex. 536 ; 16 id. 229; 3 Iowa, 509 ; 18 Ga. 411 ; but the rule does not apply where the instructions could not prejudice thecause. 11 Conn. 342; 1 McLean, C. C. 509 ; 2 How. 457.