State v. Lee
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVorE, J., Oconee, November term, 1908. Indictment against E. B. Lee for murder of Miles A. Smith. From sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Solicitor cannot discredit his own witness: 30 Ency., 1128; 43 S. C., 126; 22 S. C., 199; Chev. L., 37'. Instructions should be applicable to the evidence: 11 Ency.
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Before DeVorE, J., Oconee, November term, 1908. Indictment against E. B. Lee for murder of Miles A. Smith. From sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Solicitor cannot discredit his own witness: 30 Ency., 1128; 43 S. C., 126; 22 S. C., 199; Chev. L., 37'. Instructions should be applicable to the evidence: 11 Ency. P. & P., 158; 15 S. C., 95; 2 L. R. A.,668; 3 L. R. A., 639; 13 L. R. A., 272; 2 Black., 418; 4 L. R. A., 470; 8 L. R. A., 593; 17 L. R. A., 33; 39 L. R. A., 161; 48 L. R. A., 711; 62 L. R. A., 922; 63 L. R. A., 937; 7 L. R. A., (N. S.) 97; 18 U. S. Sup. L. Ed., 186; 33 Id., 53; 32…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Jones.
The defendant was charged with the murder of Miles Smith, in Oconee county, on March 10, 1907, and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced.
1 The first ground of appeal assigns error in permitting the solicitor, on the examination of G. S. Massey, a -witness for the State, to show that he was the putative father of the defendant. It is objected that it was not competent for the State to thus discredit its own witness.
The general rule is that a party is not allowed to impeach the credibility of his own witness, either by…
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