State v. Rook

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

The appelants, Victor Rook, Roy Lawson, and J. H. Mclntire, along with one Minnie Miller, were indicted at the October term of Court of General 'Sessions in 1933 in Spartanburg County for the murder of one Clarence Crow. The case was tried before Hon. W. H. Townsend and a jury at the October term and resulted in a verdict of guilty as against Rook, Lawson, and Mclntire which automatically carried the death penalty, and guilty with recommendation to mercy as to Minnie Miller which automatically carried the penalty of life imprisonment.