Supreme Court of Georgia, 1917

Hill v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided March 13, 1917 · Iill

146 Ga. 618; 91 S.E. 683; 1917 Ga. LEXIS 404

Opinion of the Court

I-Iill, J.

1. The judge in his general charge correctly instructed the jury on the law of voluntary manslaughter. The portion of the charge excepted to, when considered in connection with the entire charge, was not erroneous on the ground that it unduly restricted the jury and ex-*619eluded from their consideration the phase of the case involving voluntary manslaughter.

March 13, 1917.

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hill. Fulton superior court. June 17, 1916.

Edmund W. Martin, for plaintiff in error. Clifford Walker, attorney-general, Eb. T. Williams, solicitor-general, A. L. Ivey, and Mark Bolding, contra.

2. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, and there was no error in refusing a new .trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Fish, G. J., absent.

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