Legal Opinion

State v. Stevens

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided June 30, 1921No. 10631PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Before PeuriEoy, J., Bamberg, Pall term, 1920. J. B. Stevens indicted for obtaining goods under false pretense and upon conviction appeals. cites: Statement was of opinion and not a false pretense: 95 S. C. 392. cites: Sufficiency of evidence will not be considered on appeal: 24 S. C. 146; 40 S. C. 308; 61 S. C. 17; 62 S. C. 377.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This is an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the Court of General Sessions, of the appellant, and order refusing his motion for a new trial upon his conviction of the charge of having obtained goods under false pretense.

The,indictment of false pretense charges that the appellant gave a mortgage to J. Z. Brooker for “one buggy, one set of buggy harness, one Chattanooga two-horse wagon, and one secondhand Corbet buggy was his individual- property and was unincumbered.” Of the false pretense alleged in the indictment, only the…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. LylesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
  2. State v. BowmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  3. State v. O'ShieldsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
  4. State v. ParlerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
  5. State v. RaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1928

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