Johnson v. State

Webb, Judge.

1. The charges given by the trial judge in this trial of Benny Johnson on an indictment for aggravated assault, on which he was found guilty of simple battery, do not contain an expression of opinion of what has or has not been proved and as to the guilt of the accused. "A charge, torn to pieces and scattered in disjointed fragments, may seem objectionable, although when put together and considered as a whole, it may be perfectly sound. The full charge being in the record, what it lacks when divided is supplied when the parts are all united. United they stand, divided they fall.”…