State v. McIntosh
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Abbeville, June, 1893. This was an indictment against Singleton A. McIntosh for the murder of James N. Newby, at defendant’s home, on December 24, 1891. See 39 S. C., 97. The charge of the judge to the jury, omitting so much thereof as has no bearing upon the exceptions, was as follows: Mr. Foreman aud Gentlemen of the Jury: The defendant in this case is charged in this indictment with the murder of a fellow-being, aud it involves, of course, questions of…
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Before Norton, J., Abbeville, June, 1893. This was an indictment against Singleton A. McIntosh for the murder of James N. Newby, at defendant’s home, on December 24, 1891. See 39 S. C., 97. The charge of the judge to the jury, omitting so much thereof as has no bearing upon the exceptions, was as follows: Mr. Foreman aud Gentlemen of the Jury: The defendant in this case is charged in this indictment with the murder of a fellow-being, aud it involves, of course, questions of fact as well as questions of law. The first question for your consideration is, did the defendant kill the person who is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice McIver.
Under an indictment for the murder of James N. Newby, the defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and having been sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, at hard labor, for the term of five years, appeals upon the several grounds which will hereinafter be considered. These exceptions impute to the Circuit Judge sundry errors in his charge to the jury ; and as they are based upon detached quotations from the charge, it is necessary that the entire charge should be set out in the report of this case, in order that the…
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