State v. Mishoe

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice E. D. Eide.

The appellants above named, to wit, Mack Mishoe, and two of his sons, Elton Mishoe and Oston Mishoe, were charged with the murder of one Sims Todd on the night of July 16, 1938. All of the alleged actors in the tragedy and many of the witnesses were near neighbors and members of reputable white families living in one of the excellent farming sections of Horry County. The theory of the State, which finds quite definite support in the evidence, was that Elton Mishoe fired the fatal pistol shot which resulted in the…