Legal Opinion

State v. Adams

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 8, 1906PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Before Townsend, J., Colleton, March, 1905. Motion in Circuit Court for new trial on after-discovered evidence, in State v. R. A. Adams. From order granting motion, State appeals.

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Before Townsend, J., Colleton, March, 1905. Motion in Circuit Court for new trial on after-discovered evidence, in State v. R. A. Adams. From order granting motion, State appeals. Solicitor Davis cites: Question of jurisdiction can be made here: 19 S. C'., 218. Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of motion: 14 S. C., 428; 39 S. C., 4201; 40 S. C., 294. Solicitor Jervey cites: Jurisdictional question can be made here: 19 S. C., 218; 25 S, C., 385; 27 S. C., 331; 28 S. C., 313; 70- S. C., 288. Court below, is without jurisdiction of motion: 39 S. C., 420'; 39 S-. C., 414; 40 S. C., 294; 41 S. C.,…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

The defendant, R. A. Adams, indicted for the murder of Henry Jaques, was convicted and sentenced to death. A motion for a new trial was made in the Circuit Court and refused. On his appeal to the Supreme Court said judgment was affirmed and the case remanded to the Circuit Court, “for the purpose of having a new day assigned for the execution of the sentence heretofore imposed.” State v. Adams, 68 S. C., 421, 429, 47 S. E., 676.

Upon the call of the case at the March Term, 1905, of the Court of General Sessions for Colleton County, the…

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