 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1840 - 908 pages
...is thus laid down by Mr. East. A man rhay repel force by force in defence of his person, habitation, or property, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors by violence or surprise to [*713 ] commit a known felony, such as rape, robbery, *arson, burglary, or the like. In these cases... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Criminal law - 1841 - 834 pages
...is thus laid down by Mr. East : A man may repel force by force in defence of his person, habitation, or property ; against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence or surprise, to commit a known felony, such as rape, robbery, arson, burglary, or the like. In these cases he is not obliged... | |
 | Illinois - Illinois - 1845 - 766 pages
...killing of a human being in necessary self defence or in the defence of habitation, property or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors by violence or surprise to commit a known felony, such as murder, rape, robbery, burglary and the like, upon either person or property,... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 884 pages
...That "justifiable homicide is the killing of a human being in necessary self-defence, or in defence of habitation, person or property, against one who...or endeavors, by violence or surprise, to commit a known felony. A bare fear of those offences to prevent which the homicide ia alleged to have been committed,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1884 - 922 pages
...perceive that justifiable homicide is the killing of a human being in self-defence or in defence of his person or property against one who manifestly intends...violence or surprise to commit a felony on either ; you will also see from the sections I -have read that a bare fear of any of these shall not be sufficient... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1851 - 838 pages
...the principle in these words: "A man may repel force by force in defence of his person, habitation or property, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors by violence or surprise to commit a known felony, such as murder, rape, robbery, arson and the like, upon either. In these cases he is... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 600 pages
...Com. 180. A man may repel force by force in defense of his person, habitation or property, against any one who manifestly intends or endeavors by violence or surprise to commit a known felony on either, and if he kill him in so doing, it is justifiable homicide: — 1 East PC 271;... | |
 | California, Selucius Garfielde, Frederick A. Snyder - Law - 1853 - 1108 pages
...being in justifiable hominecessary self-defence, or in defence of habitation, property, or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence or surprise, to commit a felony, or against any person or persons who COMPILED LAWS OF CALIFORNIA. Killing In selfdefence, when justifiable.... | |
 | William H. R. Wood - Law - 1857 - 834 pages
...killing of a human being in necessary self-defense, or in defense of habitation, property, or person, s lie may think proper ; pmvidrd, it be not beyond the time lixed for the meeting of the next or against any person or persons who manifestly intend and endeavor, in a violent, (1) People r. Gill,... | |
 | Nebraska - Session laws - 1859 - 464 pages
...Jnstifiabie torn necessary self defense, or in the defense of habitation, ""."^ property or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence or surprise, to commit a known felony, such as murder, rape, robbery, burglary and the like, upon either person or property,... | |
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When resisting any attempt to murder any person, or to commit a felony, or to do some great bodily injury upon any person; or, 2. When committed in defense of habitation, property, or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence... 
