Lacewell v. State

Lumpkin, Justice.

Lacewell was convicted of an assault with intent to murder, upon Barrett, by shooting him with a pistol. The State, by several witnesses, made out a plain and very strong case of guilt. The accused introduced no evidence, but made a statement which, if true, would *347have authorized the jury to find that he acted under the fears of a reasonable man and shot in self-defense. The court was requested to charge the jury as. follows: “There need not have been actual danger to Lacewell, but if the circumstances were of such a character as to have justified a reasonably courageous man…