State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Seigler

Taylor, Justice.

This case in the original jurisdiction of this Court concerns the validity of an order of Governor George Bell Tim-merman, Jr., suspending Sheriff G. Haskell Thompson of Colleton County from office until the said Thompson is acquitted of the charges contained in an indictment by the Grand Jury of the U. S. District Court at Columbia, South Carolina.

Plaintiff, the suspended Sheriff, contends:(1) A constitutional officer can be suspended by the Governor only in the manner provided by the Constitution.

*119(2) The act of the General Assembly under which the order of suspension was…