State v. Rogers
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gaige, J., Marlboro. Indictment against Walter Rogers. Defendant appeals. cites: Party offering irrelevant evidence should connect it: 16 S. C. 575; 17 S. C. 139; 16 Cyc. 1114; 76 S. C. 375. It is error to send to the jury papers not in evidence: 39 Cyc. 808; 38 Cyc. 1833; 16 Tex. Civ. App. 544; 97 Me. 393; 38 Cyc. 1833; 3 Rich. 119; 3 Strob. 183, 416; 4 Rich. 597; 44 S. C. 538.
1Opinion of the Court
January 13, 1914. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The defendant was tried and convicted under an indictment charging him with wilful and malicious injury to the cars and engine of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and endangering the lives of the train crew and passengers. During the trial of the case a letter postmarked "Bennettsville, S.C. Jan. 22, 3 p. m.," addressed to "John Johnson, Red Springs, N.C.," was offered in evidence and over objection of defendant's counsel admitted and read to the jury as part of the evidence in the case. John Johnson was a witness for the…
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