Legal Opinion

State v. Milam

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 14, 1911No. 7820PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Before DantzeER, J., Laurens, Spring term, 1910. Indictment against Parrott Milam. Defendant appeals. cite: Ruling out declarations of prosecutor: 33 S. C. 117; 32 S. C. 392. Jury should be fully instructed as to o)ffense charged: 49l S. C. 518. Oral argument.

1Opinion of the Court

The 'Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Hydrick.

1 The defendant was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill W. M. Irby, and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment at bard labor. He admitted shooting the prosecutor with a shotgun, and1 pleaded self-defense. Will Nelson, a witness for the State, was asked by defendant’s attorney on cross-examination, if he had not told Mrs. Milam, defendant’s mother, that Irby, the prosecutor, had told hint to keep his daughter away from Milam’s house, that Parrott Milam was ruining her, and that Milam’s bouse was no fit place for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. WyseSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1891
  2. State v. ThrailkillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  3. State v. GallmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
  4. State v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1925
  2. State v. JudgeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1946
  3. State v. HarveySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
  4. State v. MaxeySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
  5. State v. WildsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2003

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