State v. Wolfe
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Buchanan, J., Orangeburg, September, 1900. Indictment for obstructing public road against William W. Wolfe. From order remanding case to magistrate court because Court of General Sessions was without jurisdiction, State appeals. cites: Sec. 365, Crim.
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Before Buchanan, J., Orangeburg, September, 1900. Indictment for obstructing public road against William W. Wolfe. From order remanding case to magistrate court because Court of General Sessions was without jurisdiction, State appeals. cites: Sec. 365, Crim. Code, applies to highways and not public roads: 2 Strob., 16, 60; 11 S. C., 360; 2 Hill, 387; 1 McM., 47; 2oRich., 619; 7 Rich., 392. Indictment was not framed under sec. 363, and should have been treated as one at common law: 11 S. C., 360; 15 S. C., 387; 59 S. C., 225. Indictment will lie at common law for obstructing neighborhood road:…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The appellant was indicted for wilfully, maliciously and unlawfully obstructing and closing the public road which connects two highways, by building, erecting and maintaining a house or structure over said public road which, it was alleged, has been used continuously and uninterruptedly by the public for more than twenty years last past. After introducing testimony for the defense, the defendant’s counsel moved to withdraw the case from the jury and send it to the magistrate’s court, because of lack of jurisdiction under the statute in…
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