State v. Kelley
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Darlington, March, 1895. Indictment against J. Newitt Kelley, for assault and battery, with intent to kill. Defendant was convicted, and appeals.
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Before Townsend, J., Darlington, March, 1895. Indictment against J. Newitt Kelley, for assault and battery, with intent to kill. Defendant was convicted, and appeals. The following is the affidavit of the deputy sheriff and the statement of .the Judge: Personally appears R. J. Scarborough, who being first duly sworn, says that at the March term of the Court of General Sessions for the county and State aforesaid, owing to the sickness of his father, the sheriff of said county, deponent was in the court room in the capacity of deputy sheriff and constable during the greater part of the term,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The defendant was indicted for an assault and battery with intent to kill one J. F. Poison. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the Court. From the judgment rendered upon this verdict defendant appeals, upon the following grounds:
“1. Because the petit jury charged with the trial of the case, after long deliberation, on three separate occasions, with long intervals of time intervening, notified his Honor, the presiding Judge, that they could not agree, and desired to be discharged from…
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