State v. Dodson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Greenville, July, 1881. This was an indictment against William Dodson, Pleasant Adams, Joseph Burton, Rich Bates and Fletcher Maddox, for arson, in burning a large building in the city of Greenville, known as the Academy of Music, during one of the nights of 1879, the same being, at the time, occupied in part as a sleeping apartment. At the first trial, Fletcher Maddox pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be hung.
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Before Hudson, J., Greenville, July, 1881. This was an indictment against William Dodson, Pleasant Adams, Joseph Burton, Rich Bates and Fletcher Maddox, for arson, in burning a large building in the city of Greenville, known as the Academy of Music, during one of the nights of 1879, the same being, at the time, occupied in part as a sleeping apartment. At the first trial, Fletcher Maddox pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be hung. The others .were convicted and sentenced, but appealed to this court and obtained a reversal of the judgment. On their second trial, they were again convicted and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McIyer, A. J.
The appellants in this case have again been convicted of the crime of arson, this court having granted them a new trial, after the former conviction, upon grounds stated in 14 8. G. 628, and they now appeal again upon various grounds.
We do not propose to recite the various grounds as set out in the “ case,” some of them being mere repetitions of others, but will proceed to consider and determine the various questions which we understand to be made by the several grounds of appeal.
The first question raised is whether the Circuit judge erred…
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