State v. Long
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Greenwood, .Indictment against Geo. W. Long. Defendant appealed on the following exceptions : 1. “Because the Circuit Judge erred in allowing the witness, Dr. Kennedy, to testify that Luther Mullinax, the deceased, told the witness at Augusta, several hours after he was shot, ‘If the thing carries me off, they were after me — -not my negroes.’ It being respectfully submitted that such a statement was not in any sense a dying declaration — that it was…
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Before SeasE, J., Greenwood, .Indictment against Geo. W. Long. Defendant appealed on the following exceptions : 1. “Because the Circuit Judge erred in allowing the witness, Dr. Kennedy, to testify that Luther Mullinax, the deceased, told the witness at Augusta, several hours after he was shot, ‘If the thing carries me off, they were after me — -not my negroes.’ It being respectfully submitted that such a statement was not in any sense a dying declaration — that it was calculated to prejudice his case before the jury in that it sought to connect and hold the defendant responsible for the…
1Opinion of the Court
February 8, 1913. The first opinion was delivered by The defendant was indicted for the murder of Luther Mullinax and tried for the same at the January term of Court of General Sessions for Greenwood county, 1912, and found guilty of manslaughter. A motion for a new trial having been made and overruled by his Honor, Judge Sease, he was sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary. An appeal was taken, alleging numerous errors on the part of the presiding Judge. The exceptions, 17 in number, can be grouped together and considered under general heads.
1. The alleged error on the part…
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