State v. Harley
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before MemmingEr, J., Charleston, John Harley and others were convicted of maintaining a lottery, and appeal. Appeal dismissed. cites: As to search: 88 S. E. 411, As to charge: 15 S. C. 544, 545; 16 S. C. 460. cites: As to admissibility of articles as evidence: 40 S. C. 363. Constitutional restrictions: 123 U. S. 166; 21 Wall. 171; 92 U. S. 542; Greenleaf Ev., sec. 254a; 90 S. E. 408-411.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
The defendants were convicted by the recorder of the city of Charleston and a jury for maintaining a lottery. They appealed to the Court of General Sessions, but their appeal was dismissed; whereupon: they appealed to this Court.
The first exception is as follows :
“Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, should have reversed the recorder, who erred, it .is submitted, in stating in the presence of the jury that decisions of the United States Supreme Court had no place in the police Court; whereas, he should have held that, in so…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1894
- Town of Blacksburg v. BeamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
- State v. McIntoshSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
- State v. RookardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
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