Paragraph 36B.8 Exceptions to sheriff’s chargeF1

Where a party seeks to take exception to a direction on a point of law given by the sheriff in the sheriff’s charge to the jury or to request the sheriff to give a direction differing from or supplementary to the directions in the charge, that party must, immediately on the conclusion of the charge, so intimate to the sheriff, who will hear the parties in the absence of the jury.

The party dissatisfied with the charge to the jury must formulate in writing the exception taken or the direction sought; and the exception or direction, as the case may be, and the sheriff’s decision on it, must be recorded in a note of exception under the direction of the sheriff and is to be certified by the sheriff.

After the note of exception has been certified, the sheriff may give such further or other directions to the jury in open court as the sheriff thinks fit before the jury considers its verdict.