Gossett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter. Before Judge Henry. Walker superior court. March 29, 1905. John Gossett was indicted for the murder of John Doner. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, moved for a new trial, and, upon its refusal, excepted. The evidence for the State showed, in brief, the following facts: The defendant killed the deceased by stabbing, at a place where the deceased lived in Walker county. The defendant and the deceased lived a few hundred 'yards. apart.
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Conviction of manslaughter. Before Judge Henry. Walker superior court. March 29, 1905. John Gossett was indicted for the murder of John Doner. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, moved for a new trial, and, upon its refusal, excepted. The evidence for the State showed, in brief, the following facts: The defendant killed the deceased by stabbing, at a place where the deceased lived in Walker county. The defendant and the deceased lived a few hundred 'yards. apart. None of the witnesses saw the actual homicide, but some of them heard what appeared to be a fight in progress, and on…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. It was said, in the case of Wilkerson v. State, 91 Ga. 737: “ This court will go as far as the rules of established law will permit in protecting the virtue and chastity of the wives and daughters of this State from the criminal wiles of the adulterer and seducer, and will uphold husbands and fathers in all they may lawfully do to maintain and protect the sanctity of their homes and firesides.” And again, “ The law permits and will justify the homicide of another by the husband to prevent the seduction of the wife, or even to prevent the committing with…
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