Legal Opinion

State v. Hightower

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 6, 1952No. 16589PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fishburne, Justice.

The appellant was tried and convicted at the March Term of the Court of General Sessions for Edgefield County, upon an indictment charging him and “other persons unknown” with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the State of South Carolina, by unlawfully obtaining and selling information concerning a teacher examination given by the Department of Education on February 19, 1949.

The first two- questions presented by the appeal relate to the indictment. It is charged that the trial court erred in refusing to quash the indictment upon the grounds, (1) that its allegations were too…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Bloomer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  3. State v. . DavenportSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
  4. State v. . AndersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  5. State v. DavenportSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. GunnSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993
  2. Kershaw County Board of Education v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
  3. JKT Co., Inc. v. HardwickSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
  4. Lee v. Chesterfield General Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986
  5. State v. CondreyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2002

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