Carroway v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Judge.

The conviction is assailed upon the ground that the charge of the court offended against the law and precedents in framing the charge on the law of self-defense and provoking the difficulty. The specific criticism is the averment that the charge on self-defense is not in separate and distinct form from that of provoking the difficulty. An examination of the authorities cited fails to convince us of the soundness of the appellant’s contention as applied to the particular charge in hand. The court, in paragraph 4, after stating the law of manslaughter and…