State v. Haynes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aedrich, J., Anderson, Spring Term, 1906. Indictment against J. P. Haynes for selling property under lien. From sentence on verdict, defendant appeals. cite: There must be an intention to dispose of the property: 43 S. C., 203. To pawn is not to' dispose of: 22 Ency., 2 ed., 508; 2 Kent., 577; Jones on Pledges, sec. 1. Ambiguity of contract may be explained by parol: Green, on Ev., 16 ed., 275, 298; 48 S. C., 372; 1 Ency. Ev.,'827, 829, 831; 14 Rich.
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Before Aedrich, J., Anderson, Spring Term, 1906. Indictment against J. P. Haynes for selling property under lien. From sentence on verdict, defendant appeals. cite: There must be an intention to dispose of the property: 43 S. C., 203. To pawn is not to' dispose of: 22 Ency., 2 ed., 508; 2 Kent., 577; Jones on Pledges, sec. 1. Ambiguity of contract may be explained by parol: Green, on Ev., 16 ed., 275, 298; 48 S. C., 372; 1 Ency. Ev.,'827, 829, 831; 14 Rich. Eq., 150; 57 S. C., 60. Bart of contract may be shown by parol: 61 S. C., 166. Contract is not a mortgage: Herman on Chat. Mtg., 18;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The appellant was indicted, convicted and sentenced for selling and disposing of personal property under mortgage or lien, as prohibited in section 337 of the Criminal Code.
At the close of the testimony for the State, the defendant’s counsel made a motion to direct a verdict, which was refused, and the first, second and third exceptions assign error to such refusal. Two questions are presented under these exceptions : 1st, whether the instrument introduced in evidence constitutes a chattel mortgage or lien; 2d, whether there was any…
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