Washington v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Before Judge TOMPKINS. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1881. Grace Washington was indicted for assault with intent to murder. On the trial, the evidence for the state was in brief, as follows : The prosecutrix, Rosa Green, lived in the same house with Martha Shelman.
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Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Before Judge TOMPKINS. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1881. Grace Washington was indicted for assault with intent to murder. On the trial, the evidence for the state was in brief, as follows : The prosecutrix, Rosa Green, lived in the same house with Martha Shelman. On coming home one day about i o’clock, she found that Martha and defendant, who was with her, had eaten some of her meat; a quarrel ensued between these three, Martha and defendant taking sides against the prosecutrix, telling her to leave the house, and using abusive language towards her.…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. On the trial for an assault with intent to murder, the court need not charge the jury on the law of stabbing unless requested. It is enough that the law of assault with intent to murder be fully given to the jury, and the law in respect to assault and battery — the actual stabbing having been inflicted by another.
2. One who is present, aiding and abetting'the stabbing by another, having herself attempted to stab with another-knife, and having furnished the knife with which the stabbing was actually done, and having said to the actual perpetrator of the crime, “…
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