Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
•’ -Mttrdfer; ih Rifeh'riióricl Superior Cbuk.’! )Tbded’before Judge HÍóxiyat MáyiTerhi) Í859;--:‘; ■’ ’’ ;i-‘ -'-íHv-' ■> *> ‘ o Tile plamtiñbm- error, -Tiiomas-Jon-es, was indicted; fot? the ¡.murder'of 'William Osborne.!- At the-trial,' the (following-’testimony ¡was submitted1 eon the . ■: Owen- Gilfoyle;. sworn: Wasr employed: byn.the «Augusta and Savannah Railroad-'Company,, last .ChristmaS;.iS,aw¡:the ¡difficulty between defendant ®nd deceased,whose; name -was ¡…
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•’ -Mttrdfer; ih Rifeh'riióricl Superior Cbuk.’! )Tbded’before Judge HÍóxiyat MáyiTerhi) Í859;--:‘; ■’ ’’ ;i-‘ -'-íHv-' ■> *> ‘ o Tile plamtiñbm- error, -Tiiomas-Jon-es, was indicted; fot? the ¡.murder'of 'William Osborne.!- At the-trial,' the (following-’testimony ¡was submitted1 eon the . ■: Owen- Gilfoyle;. sworn: Wasr employed: byn.the «Augusta and Savannah Railroad-'Company,, last .ChristmaS;.iS,aw¡:the ¡difficulty between defendant ®nd deceased,whose; name -was ¡ Willi’am .Osborne p it tookopláfee -in Kahifsf.'bar-room which is, oppositeithe ’Savannah) depot, -in the: bit $ of…
1Opinion of the Court
— Stephens J.
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This was an indictment for murder. The killing was admitted upon the trial, and the defence turned wholly upon the grading of the homicide. The Judge was asked by the defence to charge the jury, “ that the existence of malice is not presumable in this case, if on any rational theory consistent with all the evidence, the killing was either justifiable or excusable, or an act of manslaughter.” The equivalent of this proposition, in simple terms, is that the jury should not grade the killing as murder, if the evidence would justify them in…
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