State v. Simon

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice; Marion.

The defendant was convicted of receiving stolen goods. There was evidence tending to establish that the defendant, a storekeeper in the environs of Columbia, bought from a negro boy, for the sum of $12, a stolen case containing 10,000 cigarettes, of the value at wholesale of'$64. His appeal raises, substantially, the points which will be stated and considered in the following order.

The first point upon which a reversal is sought is thus stated:

“Because the defendant was not given a fair and impartial trial, as guaranteed by the…