State v. Lightsey
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Barnwell, July, 1894. Indictment against M. M. Lightsey and M. S. Lightsey for assault with intent to kill.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The above named defendants were indicted for an assault with intent to kill. They were tried at the summer term (1894) of the Court of General Sessions for Barnwell County, before his honor, Judge D. A. Townsend. Under the charge of the presiding judge, the jury found them guilty of an assault of a high and aggravated nature, on the second count in the indictment, and they were sentenced to pay a fine or be imprisoned in the State penitentiary.
1 The testimony is not set out in the “Case,” nor is there any statement of the facts upon…
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