Legal Opinion

State v. Garvin

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 6, 1897PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Before Aldrich, J., Colleton, Indictment against H. R. Garvin for stealing a lot of sheep belonging to Mrs. E. A. Sanders. The defendant was convicted. The following is the charge of the Circuit Judge: The defendant, H. R. Garvin, is indicted for larceny of live stock, to wit: the stealing of twenty sheep, of the aggregate value of $40, alleged to be the proper goods' and chattels of Mrs. E. A. Sanders.

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Before Aldrich, J., Colleton, Indictment against H. R. Garvin for stealing a lot of sheep belonging to Mrs. E. A. Sanders. The defendant was convicted. The following is the charge of the Circuit Judge: The defendant, H. R. Garvin, is indicted for larceny of live stock, to wit: the stealing of twenty sheep, of the aggregate value of $40, alleged to be the proper goods' and chattels of Mrs. E. A. Sanders. It is incumbent upon the State to prove to your satisfáction, and beyond a reasonable doubt, every material allegation contained in the indictment. The law generally is fixed and certain in…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

H. R. Garvin was tried at the February, 1896, term of the Court of General Sessions for Col*264letón County, in this State, before his Honor, Judge Aldrich, and a jury, upon an indictment for grand larceny, was found guilty by the jury, and, after judgment, appealed to this Court. At the hearing in this Court the first two grounds of appeal were abandoned, thus leaving the remaining seven grounds for our consideration. The report of the cause must embody these grounds of appeal and the Judge’s charge to the jury.

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2Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. RoofSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
  2. State v. WinterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
  3. State v. EdgeworthSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1961
  4. State v. GivensSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
  5. State v. RoweSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923

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