Case Name: Gordon, vs. The State of Georgia
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1882-02
Citations: 68 Ga. 814
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gordon, vs. The State of Georgia.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 814–814

Head Matter:
Gordon, vs. The State of Georgia.
1. The verdict iii this case is supported by the evidence; and the charge of the court is in accordance with law.
2. There was no sufficient evidence in this case to show an agreement to fight between the defendant and the person alleged to have been assaulted ; and therefore a refusal to charge on that point was right.
3. Where a defendant in a criminal case voluntarily exhibited a scar on his head to sustain his defense, there was no error in requiring him to allow it afterwards to be examined by a physician who was put on the stand in rebuttal by counsel for the state.
No full reports or opinions are published in the following cases, under the provisions of the act of March 2, 1873. (R.)

Opinion:
Jackson, Chief Justice.
[The following will explain the third head note: Gordon was indicted for an assault with intent to murder, committed on one Green. In the prisoner's statement he claimed that an improper intimacy had existed between his wife and Green; that upon his interfering between them, the latter made an assault upon him, in which his wife took part, and struck him upon the head with a heavy bar, used for closing a door, making a scar. The defendant then voluntarily exhibited the scar on his head to the jury. At' the close of the statement, the court, over objection of defendant's counsel, allowed a physician to examine the scar and testify that in his opinion it was the result of an old wound and not of a recent blow.]