Legal Opinion · Dissent
State v. Hough
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 28, 1914No. 8774Published
Before SeasE, J., Conviction on indictment for murder. The opinion states the case. Statute only provides for recharge on law applicable to case, on jury’s return into Court, without having agreed: 1 Code of Laws, S. C., 1913, 4050; 1 Heisk. (Tenn.) 202. Reasonable doubt: 37 S. E. 690; 72 Miss. 95; 16 So. 202. Propriety of additional charge: 87 S. C. 331; 74 S. C. 142; 86 S. C. 48. Reasonable doubt: 75 S. C. 481.
1DissentJustice Fraser
I dissent. See State v. Angel, 93 S. C. 155, 76 S. E. 195: “It is not what the jury thinks or what may be their impression unless they are convinced.”
This was the last statement and at the most effective time and substituted belief for conviction.
Mr. Justice Gage did not sit.
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