Legal Opinion

State v. Crocker

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 20, 1897PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Before Witherspoon, J., Chester, March, 1896. Indictment at common law against Wade and Walker Crocker, for obstructing common highway. Defendants were found guilty and sentenced. From this judgment they appeal. cites: Classification of roads: 1 McM., 47; 2 Strob., 62; 11 S. C., 368. Introdtuction of records: Rev. Stat., 2361.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Gary.

The appellants were indicted, tried, and convicted at the March, 1896, term of the Court for Chester County, for obstructing a road described as a common highway. They made a motion for a new trial, which the Circuit Judge refused.

From the sentence imposed upon them they have appealed to this Court upon six exceptions, which will now be considered.

The first and second exceptions are as follows: 1st. “Because the presiding Judge excluded the Hicklin plat, made in 1857, because not proven to be correct by the person who made it; when he…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Uzzell v. HornSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  2. MacEdonia Baptist Church v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  3. Senterfeit v. ShealeySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  4. Lancaster v. LeeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  5. Wilson v. MoseleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1920

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