State v. Lynch

Pennewill, C. J.,

charged the jury, in part:

In determining whether the prisoner was acting in self-defense, the jury may consider any threats made by the deceased against the defendant and known to the defendant before the cutting, as tending to show that such threats were operating on the mind of the defendant and causing him to fear the deceased, and apprehend injury at the time of the combat.

And threats made by the deceased against the defendant, that were unknown to the defendant, may be considered *598by the jury as tending to show who was the aggressor; that is, who began the fight. But such…