State v. Byrnes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary , J., Darlington, September, 1913. A judgment of conviction for disorderly conduct in a municipal Court, having been affirmed on Circuit, the defendant,' T. J. Byrnes, appeals to this Court on the following exceptions: I.That his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in refusing to sustain appellant’s first ground of appeal, to wit: 1. That the mayor erred in refusing a motion to quash the verdict, in that venire was illegally drawn.
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Before Gary , J., Darlington, September, 1913. A judgment of conviction for disorderly conduct in a municipal Court, having been affirmed on Circuit, the defendant,' T. J. Byrnes, appeals to this Court on the following exceptions: I.That his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in refusing to sustain appellant’s first ground of appeal, to wit: 1. That the mayor erred in refusing a motion to quash the verdict, in that venire was illegally drawn. (a) In that the chief of police, who furnished the list of venire from which the jury was drawn, was an interested party as a prosecuting witness. II.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Conviction before the mayor and a jury at Hartsville for violation of a city ordinance; appeal to the Circuit Court, and there the judgment of the mayor’s Court was affirmed; appeal here.
The arrest warrant charged: “That T. J: Byrnes, in said town, county and State, on April 5, 1913, unlawfully did disturb the peace and quiet of the town of Hartsville by loud and boisterous language, profanity and drunkenness, and otherwise riotous and offensive conduct, and thereby violated the ordinance in such case made and provided against the…
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