Griggs v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter; from Gilmer superior court— Judge Patterson. December 5, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
The evidence in behalf of the State in this ease makes out a clear and unprovoked case of murder. No evidence was offered in behalf of the defendant, but, according to his statement to the jury, he was justified in taking the life of the deceased in order to protect himself from a felonious assault, acting" under the fears of a reasonable man that his life was in jeopardy. According to the wife of the deceased, who witnessed the inception of the tragedy, the slayer and the deceased, while drinking together at the home of the latter, became intoxicated and began quarreling, and the deceased…
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