State v. May
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Benet, J,, York, April, 1895. Three indictments, for unlawfully selling whiskey, were found against John May. The following is the one referred to in the opinion: At a Court of General Sessions, begun and holden in and at Yorkville, in the county and State aforesaid, on the first Monday of April, in the year of our Gord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
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Before Benet, J,, York, April, 1895. Three indictments, for unlawfully selling whiskey, were found against John May. The following is the one referred to in the opinion: At a Court of General Sessions, begun and holden in and at Yorkville, in the county and State aforesaid, on the first Monday of April, in the year of our Gord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. The jurors of and for the county of York aforesaid, in the State of South Carolina aforesaid, that is to say, upon their oaths, present, that John May, on the fifth day of January, in the year of our Gord one thousand eight…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The above caption embraces three cases called for trial at the April term of the Court of General Sessions for the county and State aforesaid. A copy of the indictment, in which J. B. Smith is the prosecuting witness, will be set out in the report of the case. The other indictments are similar, except as to dates, and names of persons to whom the sales were alleged to have been made. On the call of the cases for trial, defendant made a motion to quash the indictment in which J. B. Smith is the prosecuting witness, and to amend the…
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