Haygood v. State

I. In a prosecution for assault and battery the accused can not give in evidence as a justification opprobrious or abusive language written and published of him by the person upon whom he made the assault and battery. The question was concluded by the decisions of the Supreme Court in Mitchell v. State, 41 Ga. 527, and Berry v. State, 105 Ga. 683 (31 S. E. 592). In the present case this question was certified by request of counsel for plaintiff in error to the Supreme Court, in order that the decisions in the above-cited cases might be reviewed and overruled. The Supreme Court reaffirmed…