State v. James

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

At the June term of the Court of General Sessions for Darlington (1888), the defendant, Joseph W. James, and his co-defendants, William Scott and Lewis Williams, were arraigned upon an indictment for the murder of Joseph James, the father of the defendant, on May 8, 1888. The indictment contained three counts : the first charged William Scott, Lewis Williams, Robert Arthur, and the defendant as principals; the second charged Lewis Williams as principal;'and *51the third charged Scott, Arthur, and the defendant as accessories before the…