Gooch v. State

Appellant was indicted upon a charge of murder and was convicted of manslaughter. The assignments of error-have been carefully examined. We find it appropriate to respond to only two. These involve the granting to the state of the following instructions:,

1) The second instructions is: “The Court instructs the -jury for the State that the defendant was only justified in killing the deceased because she wat in imminent danger of great bodily harm or losing her life at the hands of the deceased, and while acting in necessary self-defense, and if you believe from the evidence in this case, beyond…