Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Williams v. State

57 S.E. 939, 1 Ga. App. 508, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 16

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedMarch 22, 1907

Docket365

StatusPublished

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Williams v. State, 57 S.E. 939, 1 Ga. App. 508, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 16 (Ga. Ct. App. 1907).

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Opinion

Powell, J.

1. The verdict was authorized by the evidence.

2. The court having charged the jury the law of justifiable homicide, as contained in the Penal Code, §§70 and 71, it was not error of which the defendant (especially in the absence of written request) can complain, that the court failed to give in charge also the rule contained in the Penal Code, §73, although a charge embodying the principles of that section may have been authorized by the evidence; since the last mentioned section tends to limit the right of self-defense, and not to extend it. • Judgment affirmed.

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Powell, J.

1. The verdict was authorized by the evidence.

2. The court having charged the jury the law of justifiable homicide, as contained in the Penal Code, §§70 and 71, it was not error of which the defendant (especially in the absence of written request) can complain, that the court failed to give in charge also the rule contained in the Penal Code, §73, although a charge embodying the principles of that section may have been authorized by the evidence; since the last mentioned section tends to limit the right of self-defense, and not to extend it. • Judgment affirmed.

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57 S.E. 939, 1 Ga. App. 508, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/williams-v-state-gactapp-1907.