State v. Emory

The opinion of the Court was delivered bjr

Mr. Justice Carter.

This case, the State v. Fred Emory, comes to this Court on appeal by the defendant following his conviction in the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County, on the charge of .having, on June 7, 1935, unlawfully shot and killed a Negro man by the name of Gus Bivins, at Tucapau Mills, in said county of Spartanburg. The case was brought to trial in said Court before his Honor, Judge G. Dewey Oxner, and a jury, July 23, 1935, resulting in a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to the mercy of the Court. A motion by the…