State v. Lollis
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Anderson, May term, 1920. Ira Dollis indicted for car-breaking and larceny and on conviction, appeals, cites: The crime and not the punishment, renders a man infamous: 15 S. C. 235
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
The defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced for car-breaking and larceny before Judge Prince, and a jury, at ihe May term of Court, 1920,' for Anderson county, and appeals, and by his appeal raises but one question, and that is whether a person who has pleaded guilty of grand larceny, who has not been sentenced, is a competent witness.
The appellant' contends that one who has pleaded guilty of larceny is incompetent as a witness.
The exception is overruled as being wholly without merit in law, morals, common sense
The witness was…
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