Farmer v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Hutchins. Jackson superior court. February term, 1893. Farmer was indicted for murder, and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
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Before Judge Hutchins. Jackson superior court. February term, 1893. Farmer was indicted for murder, and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The motion contains the following, in addition to the general grounds : 1. The court erred in refusing to charge as follows: “ Where the defendant justifies the killing upon the ground of self-defence, in order to make good the defence it must appear that at the time of the killing the danger was so urgent that it was necessary for the defendant to kill in order to save his own life. But…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. The law classifies cases. The jury determine on the facts in evidence and on the law as given them in charge by the court to what class the particular case belongs. With reference to justifiable homicide the law has specified several instances which will fall within that class and has then added a general description of other instances in these terms: “All other instances which stand upon the same footing of reason and justice as those enumerated, shall be justifiable homicide.” Code, §4334. When the enumerated instances to which this general description refers are…
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