Case Name: Williams v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-04-16
Citations: 139 Ga. 688
Docket Number: 
Parties: Williams v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices eoneur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
Williams v. The State.
April 16, 1913.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Parker. Charlton superior court. December 28, 1912.
W. B. Gibbs and Wilson, Bennett & Lambdin, for plaintiff in error. T. 8. Felder, attorney-general, and M. D. Dicherson, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Evans, P. J.
1. The evidence did not warrant an instruction on the law of voluntary manslaughter.
2. Where the legal principles embodied in the Penal Code, § 70, relating to the law of self-defense, were contained in an instruction concretely applying these principles to the facts of the case, a new trial is not required because the court failed to give further instructions on the law of self-defense, in the statutory language.
3. Where testimony relating to a dying declaration of the decedent is received in evidence, and no objection' is made thereto, it is not error for the court to give in charge to the jury the legal principles applicable to dving declarations.
4. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices eoneur.