State v. Aughtry
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Richland, April, 1896. Indictment against Thomas C. Aughtry for murder. Convicted, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to penitentiary for life. Defendant appeals. cite: Charge on facts: Sec. 26, art. V., Con. 1895; 31 S. C., 235; 32 S. C., 45; 47 S. C., 517; 15 S. C., 392; 14 Rich.
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Before Gary, J., Richland, April, 1896. Indictment against Thomas C. Aughtry for murder. Convicted, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to penitentiary for life. Defendant appeals. cite: Charge on facts: Sec. 26, art. V., Con. 1895; 31 S. C., 235; 32 S. C., 45; 47 S. C., 517; 15 S. C., 392; 14 Rich. L., 23; 28 S. C., 254, 272; 63 Ga., 639; 7 Nev., 148; 29 S. C., 15. Reasonable doubt: 12 N. E. R., 865; 38 S. C., 352; 39 S. C., 108; 32 S. G., 404; 33 S. C., 134; 85 Cal., 568; 117 Mo., 649. Circumstantial evidence: 2 Blatch., 207; 102 Mo., 374; 111 Mo., 538; 32 Cal., 213; 12 La. R„ 661:…
1Opinion of the Court
This opinion was filed February 10,1897, but by order of Court remittitur was stayed until May 1, 1897.
Mr. Justice Pope.
Conway B. Oliver, while employed by the Southern Railway Company, was proceeding to the home of his wife’s parents, just beyond Shandon, on the evening of the 5th day of March, 1895, when he was shot to death. His body was found with his bucket bj' his side and with two fish, which, no doubt, he had intended as a present to the family he was about to visit. Thomas C. Aughtry was arrested and charged with the murder. On an indictment therefor he was duly tried at the summer,…
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