Jackson v. State

Reid, Chief Justice.

In several grounds of the motion for new 'trial it is complained in substance that the judge failed to instruct the jury that the defendant would have been justified in killing Jessie L. Smith if it was done in protection of his home and to prevent the deceased, a female, from having further and continued unnatural sexual relations with his wife, and instead merely instructed them of his right to kill in self-defense. In this connection it appears that the judge gave in charge the definition of jus tillable homicide (Code, § 26-1011), and instructed the jury that if they…