State v. Cody

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The defendant-appellant, C. L. Cody, was tried and convicted in the Court of General Sessions for Greenwood' County of a breach of trust with a fraudulent intent. He-was not represented by counsel, but acted for himself in the lower Court, and has submitted a brief in his own behalf to this Court. The defendant offered no testimony upon his trial.

At the close of the evidence for the State, the defendant requested the Court to instruct the jury to-render a verdict of acquittal, on the ground that there was a total failure of…