State v. Dowdy

It is apparent from the facts revealed on this record that the defendant Dowdy at the time of the alleged shooting was acting in the capacity of a landlord and not in the capacity of a deputy sheriff.

The plaintiff’s assignments of error Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 14 are based on exceptions to the court’s charge to the jury.

The foregoing assignments of error are directed to and embrace those portions of the charge pertaining to accident or injury by misadventure and self-defense. The plaintiff contends that such charge was not warranted by the pleadings, the issues, or supported by the evidence.

The…