State v. Abercrombie

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The defendant, James Abercrombie, was charged with the killing of one Jim Davis, and was tried in the Court of General Sessions for Greenville County and convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy. He denied having committed the crime, and claimed that he had been “framed” by his wife and one Lillian Brown, the principal witness for the State. On direct examination, he testified that the Brown woman had lived at his house against his wishes; that her conduct and that of his wife was bad and had met with his active disapproval;…