State v. Edwards
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Dantzer, J., Greenville, September, 1903. Indictment for murder against James Dennis Edwards. From sentence, defendant appeals. cite: As to indictment presented by illegal grand jury: 63 S. C., 347; 56 S. C., 383; 15 Rich., 43, 47; 11 S. C., 319; 3 Speer, 311; 30 Mo., 600; 53 Mo., 433; 33 Miss., 356; 1 Rich., 188; 3 Rich., 533. As to preventing felony: 35 Ency., 3 ed., 374; 135 U. S., 1; 1 Bis. Cr. D., sec. 877.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The defendant, under an indictment for the murder of Frank Neeley, was found guilty, with recommendation t.o mercy, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, from which he now appeals.
1 The first, second and third exceptions allege error in overruling motion in arrest of judgment. This motion was based upon the grounds: (1) that the jury law under which the grand jury, which found a true bill, was organized, is unconstitutional, null and void, and that the defendant has, therefore, been convicted under a void…
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- State v. FaileSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
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- Harper v. HarperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
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