State v. Stockman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Dantzu;r, J., Lexington, Summer Term, 1907, Indictment against S. W. Stockman for murder of Hampton Hartley. Frorii sentence on verdict, defendant appeals. Messrs. Graham & Sturkie cite: Rules of evidence in criminal cases: 12 S. C., 96. Opinion evidence: 59 S. C., 311; 19 S. C., 521; 25 S. C., 24; 32 S. C., 127. Self-defense: 13 S. C., 464; 29 S. C., 44; 66 S. C., 473. Defense of castle: 79 S. C., 149; 15 Sup.
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Before Dantzu;r, J., Lexington, Summer Term, 1907, Indictment against S. W. Stockman for murder of Hampton Hartley. Frorii sentence on verdict, defendant appeals. Messrs. Graham & Sturkie cite: Rules of evidence in criminal cases: 12 S. C., 96. Opinion evidence: 59 S. C., 311; 19 S. C., 521; 25 S. C., 24; 32 S. C., 127. Self-defense: 13 S. C., 464; 29 S. C., 44; 66 S. C., 473. Defense of castle: 79 S. C., 149; 15 Sup. Ct., 962; 33 S. C., 124. Request not charged: 72 S'. G, 202; 81 S. G, 379; 80 S. C., 387. Messrs. Johnstone & Cromer cite: Opinion on the point in issue: Wharton’s Law of Ev.,…
1Opinion of the Court
April 9, 1909. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The defendant, S.W. Stockman, at his residence in Lexington county on December 29, 1906, shot and killed his son-in-law, Hampton Hartley. Upon an indictment of murder he was tried at Summer Term, 1907, General Sessions for Lexington County, Judge Dantzler presiding, convicted of manslaughter with recommendation to mercy and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.
The defendant contended that Hartley entered his home under the influence of whiskey and was guilty of impropriety of conduct toward one of defendant's…
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