State v. Atkinson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Fairfield, February, 1893. This was an indictment against Jasper Atkinson, as principal, and John Atkinson, as accessory before the fact, for the murder of John H. Clamp. The defendants were then staying at the house of the deceased, who was shot and instantly killed at night about half a mile from his house as he was returning home.
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Before Wallace, J., Fairfield, February, 1893. This was an indictment against Jasper Atkinson, as principal, and John Atkinson, as accessory before the fact, for the murder of John H. Clamp. The defendants were then staying at the house of the deceased, who was shot and instantly killed at night about half a mile from his house as he was returning home. The indictment was as follows: “State or South Carolina, 1 County of Fairfield. j “At a Court of General Sessions begun and holdeu in and for the County of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, at Winnsboro, in the county and State…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIyer.
The defendants were charged in the same indictment — Jasper Atkinson as principal,' and John Atkinson as accessory before the fact — with the murder of one John H. Clamp, and the case came on for trial before his honor, Judge Wallace, and a jury. It is stated in the “Case” as prepared for argument here that: “The defendants, through their counsel, at the proper time, before the jury was sworn, and before pleading to the indictment, entered a demurrer thereto, and moved to quash the same upon the following grounds : First, that…
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