Jones v. State

The plea of defendant t® the charge in the indictment was self-defense. There was evidence introduced by defendant tending to prove this plea.

In his general charge to the jury, the court charged, as a part of the law of the case:

“There are three essential elements in the defense of self defense the first of these is: ‘First: that the defendant must have been free from all fault in provoking or bringing on the difficulty. She must not have said anything or done anything to provoke or bring it on. If she did, in law she is held to have caused the necessity to take the life of the deceased and…