State v. Richardson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Indictment agáinst Aleck Richardson, Andy Thompson, and Sanford Howser, for murder. Richardson and Thompson were convicted of manslaughter.
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Indictment agáinst Aleck Richardson, Andy Thompson, and Sanford Howser, for murder. Richardson and Thompson were convicted of manslaughter. Richardson appeals from the judgment on the following exceptions: That his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in charging the jury as follows: 1. “So manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being in sudden heat and passion, upon a sufficient legal provocation; and the fatal blow must have been struck before the party cooled or before he should have cooled, and he must have been guiltless of bringing on the conflict or difficulty. 2. “And if I were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
These three defendants, Richardson, Thompson, and Howser, were tried at the January, 1895, term of the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County, for the murder of one John Brown. The verdict of the jury was an acquittal for Sanford Howser, but conviction of manslaughter, with recommendation to mercy, of the defendants, Richardson and Thompson. After the sentence had been duly passed, the defendant, Richardson, appealed from such judgment. These six grounds of appeal will be reported. It is stated in the case for appeal, that on…
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