81 Ga. 444 | Ga. | 1888
Cloud was indicted for murder, and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The main allegation of error is, that the court refused to charge upon section 4384 of the code, as requested by counsel for the defendant ; which section is as follows : “ All other instances which stand upon the same footing of reason and justice as those enumerated, shall be j ustifiable homicide.” The instances enumerated are those contained in the preceding sections,'and are eases of justifiable homicide. The court was requested to charge the jury that “ if the defendant killed the deceased for the purpose of preventing him from having criminal intercourse with the defendant’s wife, and if the killing was then and there necessary to prevent the deceased from accomplishing his purpose to have criminal intercourse with the defendant’s wife, then it would be for you to say whether
"We do not think that any man is justifiable in killing another who has committed adultery with his wife, after the adultery has been committed; for that would seem
The judgment of the court below is reversed, because of the refusal to give in charge the request of the defendant as above set out.
Judgment reversed.