Randall v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Walter Randall was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder with a recommendation of mercy in Washington Superior Court. A motion for new trial, as amended by adding three special grounds, was filed, heard and overruled, and the exception here is to that judgment. Held:

1. A written request to charge which is legal and adjusted to a distinct matter in issue, and which may materially aid the jury, should be given in the language requested, although covered by other instructions of the charge in more general and abstract terms. Code (Ann. Supp.) § 70-207 (Ga. L. 1937, p.…