Carswell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Carswell v. State

72 S.E. 514, 10 Ga. App. 27, 1911 Ga. App. LEXIS 625

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedNovember 7, 1911

Docket3417

StatusPublished

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Carswell v. State, 72 S.E. 514, 10 Ga. App. 27, 1911 Ga. App. LEXIS 625 (Ga. Ct. App. 1911).

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Opinion

Russell, J.

1. The court did not err in charging the law of voluntary manslaughter. Gann v. State, 30 Ga. 67.

2. The defendant can not complain that the court gave in charge to the jury section 71 of the Penal Code (1910). This instruction was manifestly favorable to the accused. Judgment affirmed.

Indictment for murder — conviction of manslaughter; from Laurens superior court — Judge Martin.

April 12, 1911. Adams & Flynt, John B. Cooper, for plaintiff in error. E. D. Graham, solicitor-general, contra.

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