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Following the arguments by the attorneys,
the Court will then instruct you on the law that applies
to this case. After the instructions are given you will
then retire to consider your verdict.

You should not form any definite or fixed opinions on the merits of this case until you have heard

all of the evidence, all of the arguments of the lawyers,
and the instructions on the law by the judge. Until that
time you should not even discuss this case among
yourselves. During the course of the trial we are going
to take recesses, and I told you, we will take one
shortly for lunch, but there will be others during the
course of this trial. During these times you will be
permitted to separate and go about your personal affairs.
During these recesses you should not discuss this case
with anyone, or permit anyone to say anything to you or
in your presence about this case.

If anyone attempts to say anything to you,
or in your presence about this case, tell them that you
are on the jury trying the case, and ask them to stop.
If this person persists, leave them at once, and
immediately report them to the deputy sheriffs that you
see working this courtroom so they can tell me what has
occurred, and I can determine what, in the interest of
justice, needs to be done about it.