State v. Switzer
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Laurens, February, 1900. Judgment against Will Switzer, charging him with misdemeanor for turning oil out of a tank by disconnecting pipes. From Circuit order quashing indictment, State appeals. c-ites: Criminal Code, 165, and as to its construction: 3 McC., 306; 2 Cranch, 335; 2 Strob., 474- Oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This is an appeal by the State from an order sustaining a demurrer to an indictment on the ground that it charged no criminal offense. The indictment was as follows: “The jurors of and for the county aforesaid, in the State aforesaid, upon their oath, present: That one Will Switzer, alias Will Clardy, at Laurens Court House, in the county of Laurens and State aforesaid, on the 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1899, did wilfully, unlawfully and maliciously disconnect the. oil tank piping of the Gray Court Cotton Oil Company,…
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