Legal Opinion

State v. Cobb

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 11, 1903PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Before Watts, J., Cherokee, March, 1902. Indictment against Son Cobb for murder. From judgment of Sessions Court, defendant appeals. cite: 13 S. C., 466; 24 S. C., 284; 40 S. C., 361; 9 Ency., 603. cites : 24 S. C., 284.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

The appellant, Son Cobb, was convicted of murder, with recommendation to mercy, at the March term, 1902, of the Court of General Sessions for Cherokee County, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The exceptions allege several errors in the charge of the presiding Judge, but they were all abandoned in the argument except the second, which is as follows:

1 “II. For error in the instruction to the jury, as follows: ‘If a man makes preparation with deliberation that way to go and raise a row with the other, with the intention of killing…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1919
  2. State v. EllisonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
  3. State v. EnglishSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1921

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