Gay v. State

M. A. Gay was indicted for the murder of J. T. Howell, and upon the trial he was convicted without recommendation, and was sentenced to be electrocuted. He filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

The motion for new trial contains five special grounds, the last two of which were not approved without qualification, and can not be considered.

One ground of the motion complains of the following charge of the court: “The law puts upon the defendant, where he admits the killing, the burden to satisfy the jury that he ivas justified under some rule of law, unless the…