State v. Lazarus
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVore, J., Colleton,' March term, 1909. Indictment against Isaac Lazarus for murder of Dover Chisolm. From sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Lack of seal renders venire void: 2 Speers, 211; 65 S. C., 318.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The trial of the defendant, Isaac Lazarus, at the March, 1909, term of the Court of General Sessions for Colleton county, for the murder of Dover Chisolm, resulted in his conviction for manslaughter and a sentence to two years on the chaingang. The sole point made by the appeal is that the grand jury, which found a true bill on the indictment, and the petit jury, which found the verdict, were illegal, and the trial and conviction a nullity, because the writ of venire facias lacked the seal of the clerk.
The defect was not brought to…
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