State v. Tidwell.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Mauldin, J., Greenville, May, 1914. The defendant, G. W. Tidwell, being convicted for manslaughter, under an indictment for murder, appeals.
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Before Mauldin, J., Greenville, May, 1914. The defendant, G. W. Tidwell, being convicted for manslaughter, under an indictment for murder, appeals. The seventh request to charge, which was refused, is as follows: “7. That while it is true that the defendant must prove that he was of unsound mind at the time of the act in question by the preponderance of the evidence, yet it is also true that upon a consideration of the entire testimony in the case, the State’s as well "as the defendant’s, if any reasonable doubt remains in the mind of the jury as to whether or not he was sane, then the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice; Gagu.
Verdict below for manslaughter; judgment, imprisonment at hard labor for twelve years; bail refused; appeal here by defendant for a new trial.
The defendant is a man past middle life and hitherto of excellent reputation; the deceased was a young man in the prime of life, and unmarried and of feigned chastity; the transaction arose out of the adulterous life of the deceased, the defendant’s young daughter, seventeen years of age, and the vengeance of the father thereabout.'
The deceased resided in Greenville, had lucrative employment…
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