State v. Perry
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Saluda, March, 1910. Indictment against M. H. Perry for disposing of property under lien. Defendant appeals. cite: Indictment charges selling in Saluda county: 11 So. 200. Removing cotton is not a crime: 57 S. C., 264; 43 S. C. 201; Crim. Proc. 11; 57 Cal. 374; 22 Minn. 78. Value of property should be alleged: Bish. Cr. Prod. secs. 540, 541, 567, 488b; 7 Blackf. 168; 37 Tex. 359 ; 66 Barb. 131; 1 Tex.
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Before Watts, J., Saluda, March, 1910. Indictment against M. H. Perry for disposing of property under lien. Defendant appeals. cite: Indictment charges selling in Saluda county: 11 So. 200. Removing cotton is not a crime: 57 S. C., 264; 43 S. C. 201; Crim. Proc. 11; 57 Cal. 374; 22 Minn. 78. Value of property should be alleged: Bish. Cr. Prod. secs. 540, 541, 567, 488b; 7 Blackf. 168; 37 Tex. 359 ; 66 Barb. 131; 1 Tex. App. 522; 42 Ala. 396; 50 Ala. 139; 35 Tex. 15; 39 111. 223; 8 Port. 447; 31 Cal. 451; 2 Hale Pleas of Crown 183; 9 Rich. 432. Variance between paper alleged and proved is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Appellant was indicted for selling and disposing of personal property under mortgage or lien in violation of section 337 of the Criminal Code, and, upon conviction, was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for six months, or a fine of one hundred dollars.
The first question presented is whether there was error in overruling the demurrer to the indictment. Omitting formal matters, the indictment charged:
“That M. H. Perry on the first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine with force and…
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