State v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Mjímmingrr, J., Union, Spring Term, 1909. Indictment against W. T. Jones for murder. The trial Judge instructed the jury as follows: “In this case of the State v. W. T. Jones, who is under this indictment charged with murder you have heard all of the testimony which has been offered in evidence, you have had the benefit of argument of counsel, which is always helpful, and which in this case has been particularly able and instructive.
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Before Mjímmingrr, J., Union, Spring Term, 1909. Indictment against W. T. Jones for murder. The trial Judge instructed the jury as follows: “In this case of the State v. W. T. Jones, who is under this indictment charged with murder you have heard all of the testimony which has been offered in evidence, you have had the benefit of argument of counsel, which is always helpful, and which in this case has been particularly able and instructive. “Now it but remains for me as the presiding Judge, to carry out the provision of the Constitution that says that the Judge shall not charge the jury in…
1Opinion of the Court
May 9, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Acting Associate Justice, inplace of Mr. Justice Hydrick, disqualified.
The defendant, W.T. Jones, upon an indictment, charging him with the murder of Mrs. Marion Jones, his wife, was tried at the spring, 1909, term of the Court of General Sessions for Union county, convicted of murder, with recommendation to the mercy of the Court, and duly sentenced.
The defendant has appealed to this Court upon the following grounds:(1) "Exceptions in connection with the refusal to quash the indictment, and to compel the State to elect.
"Because his Honor…
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