State v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Pickens, February, 1908. Indictment against Samuel Hamilton for burglary and larceny. The defendant was indicted and tried September, 1906. Having been then convicted of larceny, he appealed, the Supreme Court granted a new trial, and at fall term, 1907, he was arraigned on the following indictment: “At a Court of General Sessions, begun and holden in and for the County of Pickens, in the State of South Carolina, at Pickens, in the county and State…
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Before Klugh, J., Pickens, February, 1908. Indictment against Samuel Hamilton for burglary and larceny. The defendant was indicted and tried September, 1906. Having been then convicted of larceny, he appealed, the Supreme Court granted a new trial, and at fall term, 1907, he was arraigned on the following indictment: “At a Court of General Sessions, begun and holden in and for the County of Pickens, in the State of South Carolina, at Pickens, in the county and State aforesaid, on the fourth Monday of September, in the year of our Lord one thous- and nine hundred and seven, “The jurors of and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
At the September term of the Court of General Sessions for Pickens county, 1906, the defendant was indicted under two counts, burglary and larceny.
At the trial of the defendant the solicitor announced that he would not ask a conviction on the first count for the alleged burglary, upon the ground that there was no testimony offered in support thereof; and thereupon the Court stated that it would direct a verdict of not guilty as to the first county.
The Judge, thereupon, charged the jury generally, and the jury returned a verdict…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. GillisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- State v. McGeeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
3Cited by3 opinions
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