State v. Rucker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Calhoun, May Term, 1910. Indictment against W. B. Rucker for bastardy. From sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Not necessary to show the child is likely to become a charge on the county: Crim. Code, 494, 495; 10 Rich., 361; 1 Brev., 279; 2 McC., 300. As to offer of compromise: 3 Ency., 881; 20 So., 392; 4 Gray., 568.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an appeal from the sentence imposed upon the defendant for bastardy.
1 . The first exception is as follows: “That the presiding Judge was in error, in allowing the witness, J. A. Wolfe, clerk of the Court, to testify, over objection by the defense, to the fact of money having been deposited with him by the defendant, for the alleged purpose of compromising the case, the error being that an offer of compromise in a case of this kind cannot be used as evidence of guilt.”
At the time his Honor, the presiding Judge, made the ruling,…
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