State v. Faile
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gaey, J., Lancaster, October, 1893. Indictment against John A. Faile and others for murder. Upon his conviction, John A. Faile moved on the minutes for a new trial on the following grounds: I. That the verdict of guilty as to John A. Faile was against the preponderance of evidence. II. Upon after-discovered evidence material to the issue, supported by affidavits herein included. III.
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Before Gaey, J., Lancaster, October, 1893. Indictment against John A. Faile and others for murder. Upon his conviction, John A. Faile moved on the minutes for a new trial on the following grounds: I. That the verdict of guilty as to John A. Faile was against the preponderance of evidence. II. Upon after-discovered evidence material to the issue, supported by affidavits herein included. III. That a witness, material to the defence, who was bound over and was in attendance on the first days of the term, was run off by threats of one Sowell, a witness for the prosecutiou, by reason of which his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gaby.
At the October (1893) term of the Court of General Sessions for Lancaster County, the defendant, John A. Faile, with William C. Faile and Dunbar Bobertson, was tried for the murder of John L. Baker, alias James L. Baker, alias Buster Baker. The jury acquitted William C. Faile and Dunbar Bobertson, but found the defendant, John A. Faile, guilty, who was thereupon sentenced to be hanged on the 12th day of January, A. D. 1894.
At a previous term of said court, an order was granted appointing H. H. Newton and W. S. Blakeney, Esqs.,…
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