Case ID: ga_110/html/0257-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Fish, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Echols v. The State.
    Submitted October 5,
    Decided October 27, 1899.
    Indictment for opprobrious words. Before Judge Winn. City court of Gwinnett. July term, 1899.
    
      B. W. Peeples and Oscar Brown, for plaintiff in error.
    
      F. F. Julian, solicitor, contra.
   Fish, J.

1. On the trial of one indicted for using opprobrious words, it is for the jury to determine whether or not there was provocation sufficient to excuse their use. Collins v. State, 78 Ga. 88; Williams v. State, 105 Ga. 608, and citations.

2. The evidence authorized the verdict.

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concurring.