August v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for murder-—conviction of manslaughter; from Floyd superior court—Judge Wright. February 17, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Wade, 0. J.
1. According to the testimony for the State, touching statements made by the defendant immediately after the tragedy, he discovered his wife and her paramour engaged in the act of adultery, and immediately slew them both with an axe, without engaging in any parley or altercation, but acting inferably under the influence of irresistible passion, and without any admixture of deliberation or revenge. • The statement of the accused to the jury was not in conflict with the evidence for the State. There was therefore ample testimony to authorize the verdict of voluntary manslaughter.
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