Georgia Court of Appeals, 1916

Royals v. State

Royals v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided April 21, 1916 · Broyles, Russell
17 Ga. App. 833; 88 S.E. 714; 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 969

Royals v. State

Opinion of the Court

Russell, C. J.

1. The evidence in behalf of the prosecution would have authorized the conviction of the accused of the offense of murder, and the testimony in his behalf, if credited by the jury, would have required an acquittal. The case is one in which no middle ground is presented. It was therefore error to. give in charge to the jury the law of'voluntary manslaughter, and the verdict finding the accused guilty of that offense was unwarranted.

2. The court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, J., dissents.

Dissenting Opinion

Broyles, J.,

dissenting. There was evidence showing that the deceased, while driving in a buggy with his wife, was stopped by the defendant and his father-in-law, and was shot and killed by the latter. In my opinion, there was some evidence tending to show a mutual intent to fight at the time of the homicide, by the deceased bn the one side and the defendant and his father-in-law on the other, and consequently the court did not err in charging the law of manslaughter. I think the judgment should be affirmed. .

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