State v. Nelson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

On the 9th day of April, 1939, the dead body of Goldie Mae Chapman, a child of nine years, was found about a mile from the Town of Enoree, in Spartanburg County. Her body was lying partly submerged in a small branch, with-limbs outstretched, face downward, and partly covered with heavy rocks. Enoree is a mill village where the deceased and her parents, and the defendant, resided. The testimony offered by the State tended to show that death had been brought about by smothering or suffocation several hours prior to the time the…