State v. Clough

Baker, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Rhett Clough, was indicted in the Court of General Sessions for Richland County, and was tried on the 14th day of September, 1950, and found guilty of the offense of grand larceny, and sentenced by the Presiding Judge, the Honorable Wm. H. Grimball, to “be confined at hard labor upon the public works of Richland County for a term of two years or for a like term in the State Penitentiary.” This sentence was suspended and the defendant-appellant was placed on probation for a period of three years under the supervision of the South Carolina Probation and…