State v. Addy
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The charge of the judge to the jury was as follows : Gentlemen: We have a very serious, very important, and very solemn duty to perform. I, as a judge, am under oath, and you, as jurymen, are under oath also. We owe a duty to ourselves, to the defendant, to the country, and to God. I never try one of these cases but I endeavor, calmly and deliberately, to acquit myself of every shadow of blame in the matter.
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The charge of the judge to the jury was as follows : Gentlemen: We have a very serious, very important, and very solemn duty to perform. I, as a judge, am under oath, and you, as jurymen, are under oath also. We owe a duty to ourselves, to the defendant, to the country, and to God. I never try one of these cases but I endeavor, calmly and deliberately, to acquit myself of every shadow of blame in the matter. I never try to bear heavily upon the prisoner, but I never shrink from what I believe to be my duty to the case which is before me, according to the testimony as given. I believe if a man…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Josephus Swygert at a barbecue dinner given on the premises of one Bisenger, of Lexington County, in August, 1886. There is before us no “Case settled,” but instead, all the voluminous testimony just as it was delivered on the stand. Briefly, it appeared that the deceased was one of those who had provided the barbecue dinner, and the defendant, a neighbor, was present as a patron. It did not appear that there had been any previous quarrel between the parties, but during the day when the…
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