State v. Miller
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Saluda. Indictment against Sion Miller and Russell McCormick, for murder of Richard Truesdale. From sentence on verdict of guilty of manslaughter, defendants appeal. cites : Evidence of acts of defendant preceding homicide me incompetent: 40 S. C., 484; Green, on Ev., secs. 51-52; 1 Whar. Crim.
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Before Purdy, J., Saluda. Indictment against Sion Miller and Russell McCormick, for murder of Richard Truesdale. From sentence on verdict of guilty of manslaughter, defendants appeal. cites : Evidence of acts of defendant preceding homicide me incompetent: 40 S. C., 484; Green, on Ev., secs. 51-52; 1 Whar. Crim. Ev., 2ed., secs. 29, 267; 13 S. C., 453; 47 S. C., 90'; 56 S. C., 360; 78 Va., 287; Taylor on Evidence, 304-5-6-7-10, 312, 522, 628 E. R. A., 193. Rules of evidence same in criminal as in civil cases: 2 N. & McC., 331. (oral argument).
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court w'as delivered by
Mr. Justice, Jones.
Sion Miller, Joe B. Miller and Russell McCormick were indicted for the murder of Richard Truesdale. Sion Miller and Russell McCormick were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to: imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at' hard labor for ten years.
1 The homicide occurred in Saluda County, in the afternoon of June 11, 1904, at Long Bridge on the Mt. Willing Road leading from Batesburg to> said bridge. The defendants that afternoon, previous to the homicide, passed by the home of W. L. Wise on said road, about three miles from Long…
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