State v. Mappus
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Charleston, Rice, J., T. W. Mappus was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law, and he appeals. cites: As to repeal of act fixing time for Court: 89 S. C. 84;82S. C. 130; 30 S. C. 395. submits: Question as change of venue is speculative: 58 S. C. 570. Rffect of void statute: Cooley Const. Rim.
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Before Memminger, J., Charleston, Rice, J., T. W. Mappus was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law, and he appeals. cites: As to repeal of act fixing time for Court: 89 S. C. 84;82S. C. 130; 30 S. C. 395. submits: Question as change of venue is speculative: 58 S. C. 570. Rffect of void statute: Cooley Const. Rim. (4th ed.) 227. Presumption of constitutionality: 89 S. E. 1028. Acting Solicitor: 91 S. C. 27. Objections to indictment waived: 35 S. C. 344; 74 S. C. 417; 52 S. C. 159; 73 S. C. 236; 77 S. C. 383; 80 S. C. 401; 86 S. C. 156; 98 S. C. 298; 65 S. C. 287, 291. Insufficiency…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The appellant, Mappus, was indicted at the Summer term, 1916, of the Court of General Sessions for Charleston county of a violation of the liquor laws. Judge Memminger held this Court under the statute of 1916 (acts 1916, p. 688). Mappus pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to pay a fine and also to a term of imprisonment. The imprisonment was suspended during good behavior. At the Fall term of the Court, he was served with a rule to show cause why he should not serve the term of imprisonment, for a subsequent violation of the liquor…
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