Gay v. State

The accused was tried on an indictment charging him with the offense of murder, and the jury returned a ver*649diet finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The case is here upon a bill of exceptions assigning error upon the refusal of the judge to grant a motion for a new trial which had been filed by the accused.

1. “It is well settled that, in the absence of a proper and pertinent written request for instructions thereon, the court is not' bound to give in charge the law of a theory of the case arising solely from the statement of the accused.” Hardin v. State, 107 Ga. 718, and cases…