Supreme Court of Georgia, 1899

Jones v. State

Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided October 25, 1899 · Fish
110 Ga. 252; 34 S.E. 205; 1899 Ga. LEXIS 493

Jones v. State

Opinion of the Court

Fish, J.

Where, upon the trial of one charged with stabbing, counsel for the accused, in his argument to the jury, asserted that if the prosecutor applied a certain vile epithet to the accused he would be justified in killing the prosecutor, it was not erroneous for the pre- . siding judge to interpose and state in the presence of the jury that there was no such law — that no opprobrious words, or abusive language, could justify a man in killing another.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

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