State v. . Baker

It appears that in the development of the testimony, in the trial, the State put in evidence the defendant’s narrative of the circumstances of the homicide, which tended to show that the fatal wound was inflicted by the defendant in the defense of himself and his home, against an attempt on the part of the deceased to enter by force with threats to kill. It was earnestly argued that this constituted a complete defense, and that this evidence having been offered by the State, without other showing, entitled the defendant to his motion for judgment of nonsuit or for a directed verdict in his…