State v. Irby

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

On January 4, 1932, at a Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County, the defendant, Irby, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with the murder of one Ralph Kitchens. At the time of the arraignment, the Court, being advised that he was without the benefit of counsel, appointed Messrs. Johnson, Jennings, and Crow, of the Spartanburg bar, to defend him. When the case was called for trial on January 8, a motion for a continuance was made on the ground that it would be impossible for counsel, appointed to defend after the…