State v. Elmore
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Buchanan, J., Spartanburg, 1903. Indictment against Alfred Elmore. From sentence, defendant appeals. The contract on which the indictment was based is as follows': “State of South Carolina, county of Spartanburg.
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Before Buchanan, J., Spartanburg, 1903. Indictment against Alfred Elmore. From sentence, defendant appeals. The contract on which the indictment was based is as follows': “State of South Carolina, county of Spartanburg. This indenture, made this 7th day of October, A. D. 1901, between E. E. McEemore and Alfred Elmore; witnesseth that Alfred Elmore is to labor on the land of L. E. McEemore for the year 1901, and fi> cultivate all of the land on the John Johnson plantation from the new fence to the line except three acres on the northwest of plantation above the road. Said land situate in said…
1Opinion of the Court
March 4, 1904. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The defendant was tried before the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County, in this State. The jury found him guilty and he was duly sentenced. Thereafter he appealed from such judgment. The following statement embodies the pertinent facts underlying the contention: On the 7th day of October, 1901, the defendant leased from one L.L. McLemore ninety acres of land, in the county of Spartanburg, in this State, for the year 1902, as farming lands. The agreement was under seal and signed by both parties. The rent was fixed at four…
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