State v. Johns

Defendant admitted on the witness stand, and his counsel admitted in the argument before us, that he, defendant, shot and killed the deceased, John Tharp, at or about the time charged in the indictment, but it is strenuously insisted that the killing was in self-defense. *385That issue was submitted to the jury, and the verdict, while negativing defendant’s contention in this respect, is such as to acquit him of the crime of murder in either degree. Something like eleven points or propositions are relied upon for a reversal; but we need not consider each, for many are so fully covered by previous…