MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The court below made a long charge in reference to the principles of law which it conceived to be applicable to murder, manslaughter, and self-defence. Among other things, the court said to the jury: "A man has a deliberate intent to kill in the absence of a right to kill under the law of self-defence, and in the absence of that which would mitigate the offence to manslaughter. He cannot...
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