Williams v. State

One may kill to protect another from death or a felonious bodily injury, real or apparent, and may be justified. 1 Warren on Homicide, 791, § 161. Where the defendant is charged with an assault with intent to murder, in order to justify him foi an assault with intent to kill, on the ground that he acted only in defense of another person who was merely a companion or stranger and a mere bystander, the following elements must concur and must be shown: (1) That the defendant was without fault. (2) That the person defended was actually without fault, or that it appeared to the accused, acting as…