Jordan v. State

Ab Jordan was tried under an indictment charging him with the murder of one John Teasley. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled. To this ruling he excepted.

1. The original motion for a new trial contains only the general grounds. The first ground of the amendment to the motion complains of the following charge of the court: “He contends that while he admits that he shot the person alleged to have been shot in that bill of indictment, he contends that at that time John Teasley was endeavoring by violence or surprise to…