State v. Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Cherokee, Indictment against W. H. Mills for murder of Flunk Deal. From sentence on verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy, defendant appeals. Mr. Wilson cites: Jury illegally drawn: 33 S'tat., 1066 ; 77 S. C., 350. Declaration of deceased that h\e only had a knife is not a dying declaration: 4 Ency. Ev., 1005 ; 56 S. C., 586; 58 S. C., 351. Dying declarations may be shown to be fallacious: 10 Ency., 383; 4 Ency.
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Before Purdy, J., Cherokee, Indictment against W. H. Mills for murder of Flunk Deal. From sentence on verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy, defendant appeals. Mr. Wilson cites: Jury illegally drawn: 33 S'tat., 1066 ; 77 S. C., 350. Declaration of deceased that h\e only had a knife is not a dying declaration: 4 Ency. Ev., 1005 ; 56 S. C., 586; 58 S. C., 351. Dying declarations may be shown to be fallacious: 10 Ency., 383; 4 Ency. Ev., 1013; 5-6 S. C., 588. Rule of cross-examination as to past transactions: 77 S. C., 343; 34 S. C., 39; 36 S. C., 130. Statement, “If yon find these to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Frank Deal, and the case was tried before his Honor, Judge Purdy, and a jury, on the 26th of June, 1907. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, with recommendation to mercy, and he was sentenced to imprisonment far life.
The first assignment of error is, that his Honor, the presiding judge, refused the defendant’s motion for a continuance.
1 The following statement appears in the record: “Upon the call of the case for trial, defendant’s attorneys -moved for a continuance upon the ground of the…
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