Castle v. State

The appellant was indicted in the court below for an assault and battery upon one O’Neal C. Stubblefield, with intent to murder him. Trial, conviction and judgment.

*147At the proper time the defendant aslced that the following charge be given to the jury, which was refused, viz. : “The defendant is presumed to be innocent until his guilt is established by such evidence as will exclude every reasonable doubt; therefore, the law requires that no man shall be convicted of a crime until each and every one of the jury is satisfied by the evidence in the case, to the exclusion of every reasonable…