State v. David
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Mackey, J., Abbeville, At the request of the defendant’s counsel, this court heard this appeal in the absence of the prisoner. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Simpson, C. J.
The appellant, Jeff David, at a special term of the Court of General Sessions for Abbeville county, April, 1878, stood charged with murder. ITe was tried and found guilty. Before sentence his counsel made a motion for a new trial on the ground of insufficiency of evidence. The motion was refused and the appellant was sentenced to be hanged on May 17th, 1878.
The execution of this sentence has been stayed by executive clemency until now; the last respite fixes the day of execution upon March 18th, 1881.
In October, 1880, a motion was made…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- McMicken v. WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
3Cited by4 opinions
- Harris v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- State v. FariesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
- In Re. CrawfordSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1944