State v. Jeffords
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Richland. May, 1922. • Frank M. Jeffords indicted with Ira Harrison, and Glenn Treecé, for the murder of J. C. Arnette, and upon conviction of murder, appeals. The witness Shorter was a police officer. While Ira Harrison was under arrest Shorter said to him: “Tell us who else is implicated in it; we want to get them before they get away.”
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Before Townsend, J., Richland. May, 1922. • Frank M. Jeffords indicted with Ira Harrison, and Glenn Treecé, for the murder of J. C. Arnette, and upon conviction of murder, appeals. The witness Shorter was a police officer. While Ira Harrison was under arrest Shorter said to him: “Tell us who else is implicated in it; we want to get them before they get away.” To this question Harrison answered: “All right; send and get Mr. Jeffords.” cites: Declarations of codefendants inadmissible against Jeffords: 36 S. C., 524. Severance in discretion of Court: 7 Rich., 412; 13 Rich. 320; 12 Wheat. 480;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
Frank M. Jeffords, Ira Harrison, and Glenn Treece were jointly indicted for the murder of J. C. Arnette in Columbia, S. C., on the night of the 9th day of May, 1922. Harrison and Treece had made elaborate, detailed confessions as to the. circumstances of the killing. These confessions were in evidence before the coroner’s jury. When the case was called for trial, the defendant, Jeffords, made a motion for a severance and separate trial. It was refused by the presiding Judge. The motion was renewed-at the close of the testimony for…
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