State v. Primes

Baker, Chief Justice.

At the November (1950) term of the Court of General Sessions for Dillon County, the appellant was tried upon an indictment charging her with the murder of her husband, Arkemis Primes. She was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years; and now comes to this Court upon several exceptions which present, as stated in her printed brief, two questions. These are:

“First, did the trial judge err in refusing, to grant motion for a directed verdict as to murder; and second, did the trial judge err in charging the law of self-defense in failing…