State v. Sussewell

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

The defendant, Wylie Sussewell, was tried at the January, 1928, term of general sessions Court for Greenville County, before his Honor, Judge William IT. Grimball, and a jury, under an indictment charging assault and battery with intent to kill, in unlawfully and maliciously striking Miss Emily Asbury with an automobile while he was driving the same in the City of Greenville, May 1, 1927. The trial resulted in a conviction of the defendant of assault and battery of a high and agravated nature, and the defendant was sentenced by the…