State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Marion, June, 1889. Clinton P. Jackson being on trial for the murder of W. H. Brooks, the trial judge charged the jury as follows : Gentlemen or the Jury : You are charged in the trial of one of the gravest causes that is known to the laws of the State. The defendant, Clinton P. Jackson, is charged that on the 25th day of April he wilfully murdered one W. H. Brooks. His plea is the plea of self defence.
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Before Norton, J., Marion, June, 1889. Clinton P. Jackson being on trial for the murder of W. H. Brooks, the trial judge charged the jury as follows : Gentlemen or the Jury : You are charged in the trial of one of the gravest causes that is known to the laws of the State. The defendant, Clinton P. Jackson, is charged that on the 25th day of April he wilfully murdered one W. H. Brooks. His plea is the plea of self defence. Before I define to you the different degrees of homicide, it may be well perhaps to call your attention to one or two things suggested by the argument of counsel, among…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
The appellant was indicted for and convicted of the murder of one William IT. Brooks, on Friday, the 26th of April, 1889, and the appeal is based upon exceptions taken to the rulings of the Circuit Judge in empanelling the jury and in excluding certain testimony, as well as to certain portions of the judge’s charge to the jury.
When the prisoner was arraigned, it appearing that only thirty-one petit jurors were present, his counsel moved that the jury commissioner be ordered into court and required to draw1 a sufficient number of…
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