St. Louis Railway Company v. Vickers/Opinion of the Court

This judgment is affirmed on the authority of Vicksburg & M. R. Co. v. Putnam, 118 U.S. 545, 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1; Nudd v. Burrows, 91 U.S. 426, 441; Indianapolis, etc., R. Co. v. Horst, 93 U.S. 291, 299. A state constitution cannot, any more than a state statute, prohibit the judges of the courts of the United States from charging juries with regard to matter of fact.