Court Opinion

ID: 9826444
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:56:42.992065+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:03.799272
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Hydrick.
I concur in the result, because I do not assent to the view that there was any error in the charge. In State v. Ariel, 38 S. C. 221, 16 S. E. 779, the charge complained of was that one assaulted could not take the life of his assailant, unless there, was “no other way of saving himself.” The charge was sustained. Appellant contended that the words meant “no other possible way,” but the Court said it would be more reasonable to construe them to mean “no other reasonable way.” The charge here complained of was much more favorable to defendant, the words used being “if there was any safe way;” that was really more favorable to defendant than if it had been, as he contends it should have been, “if there was any reasonable safe way.” The verdicts of sensible juries are not influenced by such verbal niceties.