Stafford v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of - manslaughter in the Circuit Court for Holmes county and to a judgment sentencing him to the State prison for seven years this writ of error was taken.

At the trial exception was taken to the refusal of the court to give each of three charges requested by the defendant as follows:

“A person upon whom a felonious assault is made is not required to retreat in order to avoid taking the life of his assailant, but if free from fault in bringing on the difficulty he may stand his ground and defend himself even to the extent of taking life, if necessary to…