Legal Opinion
Richards, Governor v. Ballentine
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 12, 1929No. 12745PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
October 12, 1929. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The facts of this case are fully stated in the proposed opinion of Mr. Justice Cothran, and I shall not restate them here.
I agree with the conclusion reached in the suggested opinion that Article 15 of the State Constitution makes no provision for the removal of a Sheriff, such officer not being subject to impeachment or to removal upon the address of both houses of the General Assembly, and "there being then `no mode of trial or removal * * * in this Constitution' for the removal of a Sheriff for the offenses named in Article 3,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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