State v. Durham
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before D. S. Henderson, Special Judge, Greenville, May term, 1910. Indictment against Dave Durham. Defendant appeals. cite: Contents of a warrant should not be proved by parol: 41 S. C. 526; 35 S. C. 311; 2 Rich. 144; 5 Rich. 372; 2 Hill 542; 1 Green Ev., sec. 558. Solicitor should not contradict his own witness: 43 S. C. 123; 22 S. C., 187.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydricic.
Defendant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to hard labor in the State penitentiary for ten years. The State examined only two witnesses to the fatal encounter, both of whom testified that deceased had nO' pistol and did not shoot at defendant. Defendant’s attorney asked them, on cross-examination, if they had not been arrested and put in jail on the charge of stealing the pistol which deceased had on that occasion. One of them said that he had. The other denied it; but said that he had been arrested and put in jail on…
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