State v. Durant
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Lee, Summer term, 1909.. Indictment against James R. DuRant for assault and battery with intent to kill. From sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Judge should have declared the law applicable to the case: 58 S. C. 93. cites: Evidence tending to show malice is admissible: 49 S. C. 550; 73 S. C. 277. Cross-examination of defendant: 55 S. C. 247.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
T. W. Privett, a policeman of the town of Bishopville, was shot near the store of the defendant James R. DuRant on the night of the second day of December, 1908. The defendant was indicted and on his trial was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill, the verdict containing a recommendation to the mercy of the Court.
1 A number of exceptions set out alleged errors in the admission of evidence that defendant’s store had been searched for contraband liquor by policemen, that liquor had been found there, and that the defendant…
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