Warnack v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter, from Whitfield superior court— judge Fite. November 21, 1907. Claude Warnaek was indicted for murder, and on his trial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
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Conviction of manslaughter, from Whitfield superior court— judge Fite. November 21, 1907. Claude Warnaek was indicted for murder, and on his trial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The State introduced one witness to the homicide, who testified in substance as follows: Claude and Jim Warnack were brothers, and, on the day of the homicide, were at work on the farm of Chess Wilson, the. deceased. 'They had hauled up from the fields and delivered the portions of the corn belonging to the defendant and the deceased. The wagon belonged to the deceased, and they asked him if they could have…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. This court has, in Lightsy v. State, 2 Ga. App. 442 (58 S. E. 686), and in Holland v. State, ante, 465 (60 S. E. 205), fully covered the exceptions made to the charge of the court relating to sections 70, 71, and 73 of the Penal Code, defining the two branches of the law of justifiable homicide. Following numerous decisions of the Supreme Court, we have endeavored to clearly point out the difference between these sections, as applicable to the law of justifiable homicide therein embraced, and to indicate the cases to which the sections are respectively applicable,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dorsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Holland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Joiner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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