State v. Marchbanks
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before , J., Anderson, February, 1900. Indictment against John Marchbanks for maintaining a nuisance. From verdict and sentence, defendant appeals on following exceptions: “I. Because his Honor erred in permitting the witness, Tom Hallum, to testify, over the objection of the defendant, that the defendant gave him whiskey to drink over at Mr. Tom Prater’s; whereas the indictment charged maintaining a nuisance at defendant’s residence, and not at the residence of Mr. Tom…
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Before , J., Anderson, February, 1900. Indictment against John Marchbanks for maintaining a nuisance. From verdict and sentence, defendant appeals on following exceptions: “I. Because his Honor erred in permitting the witness, Tom Hallum, to testify, over the objection of the defendant, that the defendant gave him whiskey to drink over at Mr. Tom Prater’s; whereas the indictment charged maintaining a nuisance at defendant’s residence, and not at the residence of Mr. Tom Prater, being unresponsive to the indictment and prejudicial to the defendant. “II. Because his Honor erred in not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted under an indictment containing a single count, in which the defendant was charged that “on the 20th day of March, 1899, and on divers other days, both before and since that day, up to the taking of this inquisition, the [defendant] did wilfully and unlawfully keep and maintain a place at his residence, in the county of Anderson and State aforesaid, where alcoholic liquors are sold, bartered and given away, and where persons are permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking…
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