State v. Merriman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Chesterfield, This was an indictment against William D. Merriman for the murder of Archibald G. Douglass on May 6, 1889. Jacob Lampley, a witness for the State, having told what the accused (calling him Doc) had said about the homicide, was asked: “Did Doc say anything else when he said in self-defence? What did you say about it?” [Defendant objects to witness stating what he said in reply to what he says defendant said. Objection overruled.
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Before Wallace, J., Chesterfield, This was an indictment against William D. Merriman for the murder of Archibald G. Douglass on May 6, 1889. Jacob Lampley, a witness for the State, having told what the accused (calling him Doc) had said about the homicide, was asked: “Did Doc say anything else when he said in self-defence? What did you say about it?” [Defendant objects to witness stating what he said in reply to what he says defendant said. Objection overruled. Defendant excepts.] “Q. What did you say to Doc ? A. I told Doc this: I said if you make it appear in that light, that you have…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Jostioe MoIver.
The appellant was indicted for and convicted of the murder of one A. G. Douglass, and judgment having been rendered in accordance with the verdict, he now ap peals to this court upon various grounds set out in the record. These grounds are so numerous — sixty-one in number — and many of them being mere repetitions, in different phraseology, of the same positions, it is not necessary to consider them seriatim. We propose, therefore, to confine ourselves to the several positions, as stated in the argument of counsel for appellant,…
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