State v. Floyd

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Blease.

Erom his conviction and sentence to death on a charge of rape, in the Court of General Session for Lexington County, the defendant Clarence Floyd, has appealed to this Court.

The crime charged against the appellant, who, in this opinion, will be referred to as the defendant, was alleged to have been committed in Lexington County-on the night of Saturday, August 5, 1933. He was arrested the following Monday night, August 7th. A true bill was returned by the grand jury on September 11th, and the defendant was arraigned on that day. That…