Franklin v. South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The plaintiff in error, Pink Franklin, a citizen of the negro race, was convicted, in the Court of General Sessions for the county of Orangeburg, South Carolina, of the crime of murder by the shooting of one H. E. Valentine; thereupon he was sentenced to suffer the death penalty, and upon appeal to the Supreme Court of South Carolina the judgment of the Court of General Sessions was affirmed. State v. Franklin, 80 So. Car. 332. The case is here upon a writ of error to the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
The record discloses that the homicide occurred upon the attempt of H. E. Valentine, a…
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