Vincent v. State

1. On the trial of one charged with murder the accused relied on alibi. The court, after correctly giving in charge abstractly the law as to that defense (as set forth in Harrison v. State, 83 Ga. 129 (3), 130 (9 S. E. 542), gave the jury, in immediate sequence with such general charge on the subject, the following concrete instruction, viz.: “So, on this branch of the case [alibi] I charge you, if you believe that the defendant was at his father’s residence at the time it is alleged the deceased was shot and killed, it would be your duty to acquit him.” There was evidence tending to show…