State v. Simmons

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne

(dissenting) :

The appellant, H. W. Simmons, was convicted in the court of general sessions of Laurens County upon six indictments charging him with falsely making, forging and uttering certain notes and mortgages, with intent to defraud M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, a partnership located at Clinton, South Carolina. Mrs. Elsie Bryson and Mrs. Virginia Brown, his office employees, were jointly indicted with him, but as to them the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty.

Error is assigned because the court refused to quash the indictments on the ground that the…