State v. English
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J-, Fairfield, September term, 1919. Will English indicted for the murder of Roland Shelton and upon convicition for manslaughter appeals.
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Before SeasE, J-, Fairfield, September term, 1919. Will English indicted for the murder of Roland Shelton and upon convicition for manslaughter appeals. The appellant’s exceptions were as follows: 1 That his Honor erred in permitting the solicitor, over the twice-repeated objections of defendant’s counsel, to argue to the jury that the defendant had started a report in the community that the deceásed had been in defendant’s watermelon patch; that, by starting such a report, he was at fault in bringing on the difficulty, and could not claim the protection of the law of self-defense — the error…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Gary.
The defendant was tried on an indictment, charging him with the murder of Roland Shelton. He admitted the killing, but pleaded self-defense. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter, and he appealed from the sentence imposed on him. The record contains this statement:
“It appears from the testimony that the deceased, in company with his father, a brother, and two friends, were sitting down near the public road on the plantation of T. W. Traylor, in Fairfield county, and nearby was a well, which was used by the tenants on the…
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