State v. Ferguson

The opinion of the Court -was delivered by

Mr. Justice BeEase.

The appellant, a colored man, was charged in one indictment with the murder of Harold Matthews, and in another indictment with the murder of Calvin James, also colored; both homicides occurring in the same difficulty. By consent, the two cases were tried together in the Court of General Sessions for Richland County, with his Honor, W. H. Townsend, Circuit Judge, presiding. In each cáse there was a conviction of murder with recommendation to the mercy of the Court. From both convictions and the resulting sentence to life imprisonment…