State v. McCray

Stukes, Justice.

Appellant pleaded guilty to the charge of criminal libel at the June, 1950, term of General Sessions of Newberry County. Sentence was imposed in now pertinent part as follows :

“The sentence of the Court is that the defendant, John H. (C?) McCray, be confined at hard labor upon the public works of Newberry County for a term of one year or for a like term in the State Penitentiary, and pay a fine of $5,000-.00; provided that upon the payment of $3,000.00 that the balance of the aforesaid sentence be and the same is hereby suspended and that the said defendant is hereby placed on…