 | William Wait - 1879 - 1002 páginas
...to defend one's self. See Vol. 1, pp. 337-340. . To sustain a plea of self-defense, it must not only .appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man, and that the slayer really acted under the influence of those fears, and not in a spirit of revenge,... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (5th Circuit), William Burnham Woods - 1880 - 844 páginas
...JXTGeorgia v O'G:iuly. son ; ' but it also dechires that a bare fear of such an offense slcill not justify the killing. ' It must appear that the circumstances...were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man, and that the party killing really acted under the influence of those fears.' The defendant derives... | |
 | 1920 - 1058 páginas
...homicide justified by fear of felony about to be committed on person or habitation, section 71 declares "it must appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man," an ideal perfectly known only to juries. And section 75 says of justification: "All other Instances... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1881 - 878 páginas
...offenses, to prevent which tho homicide is alleged to have been committed, shall not be 8iifficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstances...were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man, and that the party killing really acted under the influence of those fears and not in a spirit... | |
 | Ambrose Bolivar Carlton - 1882 - 424 páginas
...Wright v. State, 44 Tex. 645. 18. SELF-DEFENSE.—To sustain a plea of self.defense it must not only appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man, and that the slayer really acted under the influenee of those fears, and not in a spirit of revenge,... | |
 | 1910 - 1156 páginas
...dwelling or being therein. "A bare fear of any of these offenses, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, shall not be sufficient...person, and that the party killing really acted under the influence of those fears, and not in a spirit of revenge." "The Jury are further instructed that... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1884 - 934 páginas
...in taking the life of the deceased. A bare fear of these offences, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, shall not be sufficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstance* were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable man, and Heard M The State of Georgia.... | |
 | 1885 - 968 páginas
...danger of the infliction of great bodily harm existed. (Our statute says that a bare fear of such danger shall not be sufficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstances wore sufficient to excite the fears of a •reasonable person, and that the party killing really acted... | |
 | 1914 - 1230 páginas
...such design being accomplished" (section 197, subd. 3, Pen. Code), that the circumstances referred to were "sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person," and that, in firing at the deceased, he "acted under the influence of such fears alone" (section 198, Pen. Code).... | |
 | Illinois - 1887 - 2194 páginas
...person dwelling or being therein. A bare fear of any of these offenses, to prevent which the homicide Is alleged to have been committed, shall not be sufficient...person, and that the party killing really acted under the Influence of those fears, aud not In a spirit of revenge. [KS 1845, p. 1S6, S§ 32, 88; Brown v.... | |
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A bare fear of any of these offences, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, shall not be sufficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person, and... 
