Baldwin v. State

Blandford, Justice.

The plaintiff in error was indicted and found guilty *483of the offense of stabbing. He moved the court for a new trial upon several grounds, but the following need only be mentioned and considered by this court: Because the court erred in instructing the jury as follows: “ If the evidence satisfies you that defendant gave the first insult and struck Jowers, the prosecutor, the first blow, the defendant cannot be justified for defending himself against blows from Jowers with his fist by cutting Jowers, although you may believe at the time of the cutting there was inequality in…