State v. Deas

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice StukEs:

Appellants were tried in the Court of General Sessions for Florence County at the June, 1941, term upon an indictment for murder and were convicted of manslaughter. The homicide occurred at about four o’clock in the morning at a “juke joint” on the Darlington highway near the City of Florence in March of that year. No detailed statement of the facts is necessary for consideration of the exceptions, but they will be referred to as may be thought necessary in the discussion of the latter.

Able counsel for the appellants have…