State v. Bethune
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Copes, J., Clarendon, September term, 1911. Indictment against Willie Bethune. Defendant appeals. The opinion herein was filed on July 12, 1912, but petition for writ of error to Supreme Court of the United States was refused and remittitur ordered down on
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
At the June term, 1909, of the Court of General Sessions for Clarendon county, defendant was convicted of murder, and sentenced to death. On appeal, his conviction was sustained. 86 S. C. 143, 67 S. E. 466. A petition for rehearing was presented, one of the grounds being that, since his conviction, defendant had become insane. The petition was dismissed without prejudice to defendant to plead his insanity, when called upon to say why a new day for execution of the sentence should not be assigned. 86 S. C. 154. At the June term,…
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