Walker v. State

Having been convicted of an assault and battery, Walker moved for a new trial. He now excepts to the refusal of the trial judge to grant his motion.

1. Error is assigned on the failure of the judge to charge the jury on the law of self-defense. This theory of defense was raised solely by the statement of the accused, and there was no request *324to charge in regard to it. The assignment of error is therefore without merit. Smith v. State, 117 Ga. 259. There was some evidence that the prosecutor had in his hand an iron bar, and that the accused and the prosecutor “ went together, both with their…