Seals v. State

Holloway M. Seals was indicted in the Circuit Court of Hickson county, for the murder of James Jones. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. The case is before us on his appeal.

Two errors in the charge of the Court to the jury are mainly relied on, for a reversal of the judgment.

1. After defining murder in the first degree, with sufficient accuracy ' and clearness, the Circuit Judge proceeded as follows:

“If you find, then, that the defendant killed the deceased with malice aforethought, that is, wilfully of purpose, that the blow by…