State v. Smith
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldkich, J., Anderson, February, 1882. This was a prosecution against Sherman Smith and four other defendants. The opinion fully states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Me. Justice McIvee.
The indictment in this case contains three counts. The first charges that the defendants “ did unlawfully, willfully and maliciously and feloniously set fire to the county jail; ” the second, that they “ did unlawfully, willfully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to the dwelling-house of James H. McConnell; ” and the third, that the defendants “ did willfully, unlawfully and maliciously mutilate, deface and injure the house, that is to say, the jail of Anderson county, upon real estate in the possession of James H. McConnell.”…
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