Holloway v. State

CATES, Judge.

Assault -with intent to murder: sentence, five years., ., The court below refused thrge of the appellant’s, tendered written charges, viz:

“3. The Court charges the jury that .the burden of proof is upon the State, and it is the duty of the State to show from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt and to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis, every circumstance necessary to show that the Defendant is guilty, before the Defendant is required to introduce any evidence in his' favor or to explain any circumstance surrounding, him, and if there is a reasonable doubt of…