Rasberry v. State

MORROW, Judge.

This case, on a former appea., was reversed, and in the reports, 80 Texas Crim. Rep., 498, will be found a sufficient statement.

The court, in a charge which, we think, is unexceptionable, instructed the jury upon the law of murder, manslaughter and defined principal offenders. In the twelfth paragraph of the charge he stated with accuracy and fairness the general principles of self-defense in their application to both real and apparent danger. He also charged on the presumption of intent to kill by the use of a deadly weapon by deceased; and on the right of one assailed to stand…