Webster v. State

The offense is manslaughter and the punishment is two years in the penitentiary.

The issue of self-defense was clearly raised by the evidence. In submitting this issue to the jury the court gave the following charge:

"Now, you are instructed that if, from the evidence, you believe the defendant killed the said John Patton, but further believe that at the time of so doing the deceased had made or was making an attack on him, which, from the manner and character of it, caused the defendant to have a reasonable expectation or fear of death or serious bodily injury, and that, acting under such…