Fussell v. State

Lumpkin, Justice.

According to the evidence, Dorminy and Dixon were seated together in a Ijuggy near a shelter where reli*79gious services were being conducted. Russell, the accused, approached the buggy and an altercation ensued, in the course of which insulting language was used by both himself and Dorminy. The jury were warranted in finding that Russell began the quarrel, and that he used the first offensive epithet. As Russell was coming up to the buggy, Dorminy placed his hand behind his back, as if in the act of drawing a weapon, and while the exchange of opprobrious words was in progress,…