State v. Switzer
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Greenville, May, 1902. Indictment against Morris Switzer. From order sustaining plea of former jeopardy, State appeals on following exceptions : “Please take notice that, pursuant to notice duly served, the State appeals from the judgment of the Court of General Sessions made in above case at the summer term, on the following grounds: “1. Because the Judge erred in sustaining the foregoing plea of autrefoi acquit made by the defendant to the foregoing…
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Before Gary, J., Greenville, May, 1902. Indictment against Morris Switzer. From order sustaining plea of former jeopardy, State appeals on following exceptions : “Please take notice that, pursuant to notice duly served, the State appeals from the judgment of the Court of General Sessions made in above case at the summer term, on the following grounds: “1. Because the Judge erred in sustaining the foregoing plea of autrefoi acquit made by the defendant to the foregoing indictment. “2. Because his Honor erred in holding that the offense charged in this indictment was the same charged in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.-
In this case the State appeals from an order sustaining defendant’s pleas of former acquittal and once in jeopardy. It appears that the defendant was acquitted on trial under a former indictment, charging: “That the said Morris Switzer, on the 16th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, with force and arms, at Greenville Court House, in the county and State aforesaid, did feloniously, wilfully and maliciously attempt to set fire to the storehouse, storeroom and building of the estate of one H. A.…
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