State v. Griffin
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before C. J. Ramage, special Judge, Chester, July, 1913. Meeks Griffin, Thomas Griffin, John Crosby, and Nelson Brice, being convicted of murder, appeal.
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Before C. J. Ramage, special Judge, Chester, July, 1913. Meeks Griffin, Thomas Griffin, John Crosby, and Nelson Brice, being convicted of murder, appeal. The following statement of facts appears in the record: “On April 24th, 1913, Mr. John Q. Lewis, an elderly Confederate soldier, was shot and killed in his home in the nighttime, about ten miles in the country from Chester, S. C. There was no eyewitness to the tragedy, so far as known; great indignation was manifested by the citizens of the county; detectives were put to work on the case; and the officers did all in their power to bring the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, after reciting the foregoing statement of facts, was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.
1 The first question raised by the exceptions is whether his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in overruling the motion for a continuance. The motion was addressed to his discretion, and it has not been made to appear that it was erroneously exercised.
2 It is only necessary to refer to the case of State v. Kennedy, 85 S. C. 146, 67 S. E. 152, to show that the second and fourth exceptions cannot be sustained.
3 The defendants’ attorney presented the following request:
“That where the…
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