State v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Edgefield, The defendant, Robert T. Jones, was indicted for the murder of a father and two sons on the same day, and was put upon his trial for the murder of the father, Charles Pressley, sr. The Circuit Judge charged the jury as follows : Gentlemen of the Jury: You have been appealed to by the State’s counsel and by the counsel for the defence in regard to the discharge of your duty.
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Before Norton, J., Edgefield, The defendant, Robert T. Jones, was indicted for the murder of a father and two sons on the same day, and was put upon his trial for the murder of the father, Charles Pressley, sr. The Circuit Judge charged the jury as follows : Gentlemen of the Jury: You have been appealed to by the State’s counsel and by the counsel for the defence in regard to the discharge of your duty. Perhaps the views of the counsel were conflicting to you, and may have put you in some error on the question, so I will say something to you about that. You and I sit here for the trial of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
The appellant, under an indictment for the murder of Edward Pressley, sr., was convicted of manslaughter, and being sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary, appeals to this court upon numerous exceptions—twenty-four in number. These exceptions make four general assignments of error: 1st. In empannelling the jury. 2nd. In ruling as to the admissibility of evidence. 3rd. In the conduct of the trial. 4th. In the charge to the jury.
The particular ground upon which the first assignment of error rests is that…
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