State v. Way
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Orangeburg, September. 1906. Indictment against Jefferson W. Way for murder of John D. Palmer. Defendant appeals. cite: Evidence excluded was admissible as part of res gestae: 34 Ency., 676-7; 13 S. C., 459; 47 S. C., 13. Error to< charge the plea of self-defense must be established by preponderance of evidence without further limitation: 39 S. C., 4; 68 S. C., 317; 5 Ency., 33, 39. cites: Self-serving declarations are never admissible: 41 S. C., 530. _ What…
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Before Gary, J., Orangeburg, September. 1906. Indictment against Jefferson W. Way for murder of John D. Palmer. Defendant appeals. cite: Evidence excluded was admissible as part of res gestae: 34 Ency., 676-7; 13 S. C., 459; 47 S. C., 13. Error to< charge the plea of self-defense must be established by preponderance of evidence without further limitation: 39 S. C., 4; 68 S. C., 317; 5 Ency., 33, 39. cites: Self-serving declarations are never admissible: 41 S. C., 530. _ What is necessary to make out plea of self-defense: 59 S. C., 397; 71 S. C., 146; 38 S. C., 333.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The defendant was indicted and tried at September Term, 1906, of General Sessions for Orangeburg County, for the murder of John D. Palmer at Orangeburg, S. C., on July 9th, 1906, and the jury found him guilty with a recommendation to mercy, whereupon he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The first question presented by his appeal to this Court, raised by the first, second and third exceptions, is whether the Court erred in excluding certain testimony offered by the defense through its witness, E. O: Hoover. This…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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