Case Name: Jones v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1899-10-25
Citations: 110 Ga. 252
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jones v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 110
Pages: 252–252

Head Matter:
Jones v. The State.
Submitted October 3,
Decided October 25, 1899.
Indictment for stabbing. Before Judge Nottingham. City court of Macon. June term, 1899.
John R. Cooper, for plaintiff in error.
Robert Hodges, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
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.