State v. Badgett
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVore, J., Spartanburg, November, 1909. Indictment against Tom Badgett for murder of Brezina Súber. Defendant appeals. No citations. cites: Defendant is responsible for a death caused by his negligence: 58 S. C. 218; 92 Am. Dec. 417; Whar. on Horn. sec. 458; 1 Cok C. C. 97; 3 Id. 439; 2 Id. 141; 12 Id. 355; 125 Ill. 584.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion-of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Under an indictment for the murder of Brezina Súber defendant ivas found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced 'to ten years at hard labor in the penitentiary.
The testimony tended to show that late in the evening of November 5, 1909, in Spartanburg county, defendant went to the house of Kate Hunter with whom her daughter Hattie Drummond lived and met the deceased there. Defendant was intoxicated and had a pistol in his hand, passed the deceased at or near the door, and after entering the house and asking “who is in here,” began…
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