Case Name: SOLOMON v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1896-10-26
Citations: 100 Ga. 81
Docket Number: 
Parties: SOLOMON v. THE STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 81–81

Head Matter:
SOLOMON v. THE STATE.
Submitted October 8,
Decided October 26, 1896.
Indictment for -assault to- murder. Before Judge Gober. Houston superior court. April term, 1896.
W. G. Davis and R. A. Holtzclaw, for plaintiff in error.
A W. Lane, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
1. While it is the right of counsel for the accused' in a criminal case to read law to the jury and comment thereon,, this court will not control the discretion of the trial judge in refusing to allow counsel to read from a Supreme Court report, of this State the facts of a decided case for the purpose of commenting upon and comparing the testimony in that ease-with the facts of the case on trial.
2. This case turned upon the question whether the accused unlawfully or in -self-defense stabbed the person alleged to have been assailed, and the evidence fully warranted the verdict of guilty. Even if the charges complained of were- not in all re-speots accurate, they contain nothing which would justify this court in setting aside the judgment of the court below refusing a new-trial. Judgment affirmed.