Teasley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Reese. Elbert superior court. March term, 1898. On the trial of Ed. Teasley for murder, Joe McDuffie testified: On February 28, 1898, Dave Harris, Peter Blackwell and I started together to take a ride, and rode to Ed. Teasley’s. In the afternoon Dave and Ed. shot crap from 3 until 10 o’clock at night. Dave got most of the money; they had some trouble over the game. At the time of the killing Dave and Ed. had a fuss in the house.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Reese. Elbert superior court. March term, 1898. On the trial of Ed. Teasley for murder, Joe McDuffie testified: On February 28, 1898, Dave Harris, Peter Blackwell and I started together to take a ride, and rode to Ed. Teasley’s. In the afternoon Dave and Ed. shot crap from 3 until 10 o’clock at night. Dave got most of the money; they had some trouble over the game. At the time of the killing Dave and Ed. had a fuss in the house. This was the beginning of the fuss. Dave was killed about half past ten o’clock. Immediately before the killing, Ed. was following…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
If a man who is himself free from fault kills another “in self-defense, or in defense of habitation, property, or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence or surprise, to commit a felony on either,” or if the killing be done for the bona fide purpose of preventing any one of these offenses and under circumstances sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man, the slayer’s justification is complete without showing that, “in order to save his own life, the killing of the other was absolutely necessary.” Where, however, a fight has been begun and carried on in…
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