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and to give to the jury the following several instructions:
First— That if the defendant at the time of voting, believed that she had a right to vote, and voted in good faith in that belief, she was not guilty of the offence charged.
Second— That in determining the question whether she did or did not believe that she had a right to vote, the jury might take into consideration as bearing upon that question, the advice which she received from the counsel to whom she applied.
Third— That they might also take into consideration as bearing upon the question, the fact that the inspectors considered the question, and came to the conclusion that she had a right to vote.
Fourth— That the jury had a right to find a general verdict