Supreme Court of Georgia August 15, 1878 (Newman v. State)

Jackson, Judge.

The motion for a new trial was predicated mainly upon an alleged error in the charge of the court. The defendant’s counsel insisted that the court erred in the charge in respect to murder, by charging that, in defense of self or property, it must be necessary to kill to prevent the felony on either of these, before the defendant, or accused, could *611justify.