| Ga. | Nov 15, 1916
1. The charge of the court complained of, relative to the prisoner’s statement, was substantially as embodied in the Penal Code, § 1036.
2. In a proper case, on the trial of one indicted for murder,. sections 70, 71, and 73 of the Penal Code may all be given in charge. But instructions as to separate branches of the law of justifiable homicide should ■ not be so given as to confuse, or be likely to confuse, the minds of the jury in reference to the defenses which may arise under those sections. The error in this ease of instructions calculated to confuse the defenses arising under those sections will require the grant of a new trial. Franklin v. State, ante, 40 (90 S.E. 480" court="Ga." date_filed="1916-10-20" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/franklin-v-state-5581309?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="5581309">90 S. E. 480).
3. There was evidence that the deceased, being of a violent character and under the influence of whisky, was by permission in the home of the accused, and there, in the presence of the accused’s family and other guests, was cursing. The accused ordered him to desist, and, after refraining for a time, the deceased renewed his cursing; whereupon the accused “told him the next man cursed in there he was going to shoot him.” The deceased replied: “If I do curse any more, I will help you shoot some.” At the time of this statement the deceased had his hand in his “hip-pocket.” The accused went walking “toward the little room,” and the deceased started “toward the door” that led out of the house, saying that he was “going out.” When the deceased had one
Judgment reversed.