State v. Allen

231 S.C. 391 (1957)

98 S.E.2d 826

THE STATE, Respondent,

v.

R.J. ALLEN, Appellant.

17313

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 20, 1957.

Messrs. Arnold R. Merchant, of Spartanburg, C.T. Graydon, of Columbia, and John D. Long, of Union, for Appellant.

Messrs. J. Allen Lambright, Solicitor, of Spartanburg, and J.R. Flynn, of Union, for Respondent.

June 20, 1957.

TAYLOR, Justice.

Appellant, charged with the murder of his wife, was convicted of the crime of manslaughter at the May, 1956, Term of General Sessions Court for Union County and sentenced to serve three years imprisonment.

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