State v. Robinson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Anderson, May term, 1911. Indictment against John Robinson. Defendant appeals. cites: 73 S. C. 383; 81 S. C. 379; 85 S. C. 269; 60 Pac. 112; 12 A. C. R. 585; 24 N. W. R. 843; 27 Cal. 319. cites: 87 S. C. 244.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
Defendant was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill, and from sentence of five years at hard labor, he appeals.
Defendant’s attorney put up a witness, whose testimony took him by surprise. Thereupon, the following colloquy between defendant’s attorney and the Court took place: “May it please the Court, I know that ordinarily the rules of evidence will not permit one to contradict his own witness, but the evidence of this witness is a complete surprise to me.” The Court: “I don’t see anything at all to indicate that his…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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