State v. Bright
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aedrich, J., Spartanburg, October term, 1910. Indictment against Travis Bright. Defendant appeals. cite: Competency of threats and acts: 86 S. C. 383; 73 S. C. 379; 74 S. C. 140. Charge: 81 S. C. 378. cites: As to remarks of Judge: 61 S. C. 17; 71 S. C. 136; 87 S. C. 537. Charge on facts: 47 S. C. 519; 36 S. CT544; 40 S. C. 37. Admission of other evidence cures error:.86 S. C. 383; 56 S. C. 431.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
In March, 1910, the defendant Travis Bright shot and killed his father Hose Bright. On his' trial in the Court of General Sessions for Cherokee ■county he set up the plea of self-defense and -was convicted of manslaughter.
The case is singular in that there is little if any material difference in the testimony of the witnesses for the State and for the defense. Hose Bright was a quiet and amiable man when sober, but aggressive and violent when drinking. For a day or two before his death he had been on a spree, and had threatened and…
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