Supreme Court of Georgia, 1905

McEvoy v. State

McEvoy v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 17, 1905 · Cobb
123 Ga. 506; 51 S.E. 500; 1905 Ga. LEXIS 517

McEvoy v. State

Opinion of the Court

Cobb, J.

1. “Unless there be great superiority in physical strength of an assailant who strikes another a blow with his fist, or ill health in the assailed at the time, or other circumstances producing relatively great inequality between them in combat, the assailed can not justifiably resent the blow by stabbing the assailant.” Morgan v. State, 119 Ga. 566 (3), and cit.

2. Considered as a whole, the charge was as favorable to the accused as he had any right, under the facts of the case, to demand. The evidence fully warranted, even if it did not demand, the verdict; and no reason appears for reversing the judgment.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Simmons, C. J., absent.

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