City of Rock Hill v. Worthy
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hon. H. P. Green, special Judge, York, April, 1915. A. V. Worthy was convicted of storing and keeping contraband liquor, in violation .of an ordinance of the city of Rock Hill, and appeals. cite: Crim. Code, sec. 44; Civil Code, sec. 3002 and 3005; 93 S. C. 371. cites: Civil Code, sec. 2909, 2953, 3002; Crim. Code, sec. 44; 24 S. C. 266; 100 S. C. 234.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
The defendant was charged with the violation of the ordinance of the city of Rock Hill in storing and keeping contraband liquor. He was arrested, tried, and convicted before the recorder and a jury. After sentence he appealed to the Court of General Sessions for York county, and the judgment of the lower Court was affirmed. Thereupon the defendant appealed, and seeks reversal on the ground that the warrant was fatally defective, in that it was sworn out by the chief of police of the city of Rock Hill, and that under the provisions of…
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