State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Darlington, February, 1909. Indictment against Robert Johnson for rape. Prom sentence, defendant appeals. cites: That the prosecutrix failed to identify others is competent: 47 S. C., 67; 12 Cyc., 392, 430 ; 22' N. W., 15. Admission of irrelevant testimony is harmless: 38 S. C., 381; 28 S. C., 121; 47 S. C.,73. Especially when other evidence on same point has been received without objection: 72 S. C., 426; 75 S. C., 264; 76 S. C., 284 ; 78 & C., 38, 155; 21…
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Before Gage, J., Darlington, February, 1909. Indictment against Robert Johnson for rape. Prom sentence, defendant appeals. cites: That the prosecutrix failed to identify others is competent: 47 S. C., 67; 12 Cyc., 392, 430 ; 22' N. W., 15. Admission of irrelevant testimony is harmless: 38 S. C., 381; 28 S. C., 121; 47 S. C.,73. Especially when other evidence on same point has been received without objection: 72 S. C., 426; 75 S. C., 264; 76 S. C., 284 ; 78 & C., 38, 155; 21 Fla., 242, Nor if incompetent evidence does not affect the result: 32 Fed R., 569; 58 Ga., 545; 33 Miss., 47. Proof of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
The defendant appeals from sentence of death for rape. On his arraignment he pleaded not guilty, and undertook to prove an alibi.
To a proper understanding of the points decided, it will be necessary to state the substance of the testimony of the prosecutrix as to the outrage, and a few of the material facts appearing in the testimony. On the night of the outrage the prosecutrix retired about seven o’clock, leaving a lamp burning low on the bureau in her room, and the front door unlocked, as she usually did, until her husband came…
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