State v. Cameron

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Indictment for assult and battery with intent to kill; verdict, “guilty”; sentence, imprisonment for from five to ten years. Defendant appeals.

It is conceded that the prosecutor, B. B. Melton, while in his own store, in the town of Bugoff, in Kershaw county, received a wound in his arm from the discharge of a double-barreled shotgun, which resulted in the amputation of his arm. The state alleges that the wound was inflicted by the defendant with intent to kill and murder the said Melton. The defendant claims that the gun was…