State v. Bodie
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Kershaw, J., Aiken, September, 1889. This was an indictment against Nathan Bodie, charging him with the murder of Joel A. Gunter on January 25th, 1889. The homicide occurred at a point in a road on Bodie’s land, where Gunter was cutting away a log which Bodie had thrown across this road.
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Before Kershaw, J., Aiken, September, 1889. This was an indictment against Nathan Bodie, charging him with the murder of Joel A. Gunter on January 25th, 1889. The homicide occurred at a point in a road on Bodie’s land, where Gunter was cutting away a log which Bodie had thrown across this road. The judge charged the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the Jury: I congratulate you, as well as myself, upon the approach of the determination of this painful investigation through which we have passed the last several days. It is my duty now to charge you upon the law of homicide, and it is your duty to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
Under an indictment for the murder of J. A. Gunter, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals upon the several grounds set out in the record.
The first exception is as follows: “1. Because his honor erred in allowing the State to put in as evidence the record in the case of the State v. Nathan Bodie, indictment for malicious mischief.” The testimony tended to show that there had been bad blood be-, tween the parties for several years, each making violent threats against the other; and at the conclusion of the testimony…
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