State v. Marlowe
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Greenville, October, 1921.' J. C. Marlowe convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Thomas McCarroll, and appeals. cite: What is fair and impartial trial: 91 S. C., 35; 19 Pa.
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Before Memminger, J., Greenville, October, 1921.' J. C. Marlowe convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Thomas McCarroll, and appeals. cite: What is fair and impartial trial: 91 S. C., 35; 19 Pa. Ct. 376; 240 Fed. 911; 213 S. W. 636; 232 S. W., 300; 28 S. C., 572. No proof of corpus delicti: 36 S. C., 531. Comments of Judge made him participant in decision of the case: 81 S. C., 379; 73 S. C., 383. Question as to defendant’s service with known bandit was improper': 78 Ala., 474. No reason to retreat if person is at place where he has a legal right to be: 158 U. S., 550; 29 Ohio St., 186;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The appellant was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. There was testimony tending to show that the appellant and deceased were playing cards in a small room in the Elks’ Club in Greenville. The appellant was a member of the club, and the deceased was not. How the deceased obtained admittance to the rooms of the club is not stated. The parties became involved in a personal difficulty. The appellant testified that the deceased struck him with a chair and seriously injured him, and was in the act of striking him again…
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