The criticisms of the Judge's charge appear to be in the nature of appellate counsel's afterthoughts; trial counsel nowhere hinted that the charge was insufficient in these respects; and we think the charge was correct and fair. But on the facts in this case we think that reasonable doubt exists as a matter of law as to the defense of justification. Appellant, having slapped his girl friend in the street, was set upon by a gang of youths; after a fight in which he was beaten...
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