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135 Ga. 29

Scott v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 10, 1910

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1910-08-10

<p>The evidence amply warranted the verdict, and did not authorize a charge on the subject of voluntary manslaughter.</p>

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Decided 1910-08-10

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Evans, P. J.

¶1Charles Scott was convicted of the murder of

¶2Henry Harris, and sentenced to be hung. In his motion for new trial he complained that the court erred in failing to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter, and that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. The motion was overruled. The evidence discloses that the defendant entered a house whore the deceased was sitting in a chair, reproached the deceased for slapping his little brother-in-law, and stated he was going to kill him, and simultaneously shot him with a pistol, inflicting a mortal wound. The evidence did not. authorize an instruction on the law of voluntary manslaughter, and ivas amply sufficient to support the verdict.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

Beck, J., absent. The other Justices concur.
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