State v. Griggs

StuicES, Justice.

Appellant operated a roadside restaurant in Spartanburg County. Allegedly undertaking to quell a disturbance among customers, he struck one in or about the face with his fist. The victim fell and the evidence indicates that the back of his head hit a counter, stool or the cement floor, which resulted in a skull fracture from which he died ten days later. Appellant and his witnesses testified that the blow was struck as the deceased drew back to strike appellant. On trial upon an indictment for murder appellant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

There was evidence that…