State v. Summer
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Lexington, February, 1898. Indictment against Charles C. Summer for murder. From verdict and sentence, defendant appeals. cite: As to right to raise objection to a witness: 12 S. C., 89. cites: As to examination of witnesses: 5 Strob., 36; 4 Rich., 463; 29 S. C., 231. cite: Reasonable doubt: 30 S.C., 441'; 32 S. C., 392. Self-defense: 13 S. C, 464. As to charge excepted to as on facts: 51 S. C., 235; 48 S. C., 253. Time of swearing witness within…
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Before Townsend, J., Lexington, February, 1898. Indictment against Charles C. Summer for murder. From verdict and sentence, defendant appeals. cite: As to right to raise objection to a witness: 12 S. C., 89. cites: As to examination of witnesses: 5 Strob., 36; 4 Rich., 463; 29 S. C., 231. cite: Reasonable doubt: 30 S.C., 441'; 32 S. C., 392. Self-defense: 13 S. C, 464. As to charge excepted to as on facts: 51 S. C., 235; 48 S. C., 253. Time of swearing witness within discretion of Court: 2 N. & McC., 331; 16 S. C., 378; 22 S. C., 560. Witness cannot be contradicted by contra statement in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The defendant having been convicted of rmirder, with a recommendation to mercy, and having been duly sentenced, now appeals from the judgment of the Court. We will now pass upon these grounds of appeal, eleven in number, in their order:
1 “1. Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in charging the jury as follows: ‘A reasonable doubt is a strong doubt based on the testimony.’ ” The language of the presiding Judge in this connection was: “The State is bound to make out its case beyond a reasonable doubt; that is, before you can…
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