The State v. Hamp Jones, Jr.

Legge, Justice.

At the June, 1954, term of the Court of General Sessions for Marlboro County, Hamp Jones, Jr., was found guilty of the murder of his mother-in-law, Bertha Moore, and was accordingly sentenced to death. He appeals, charging error on the part of the trial judge:

1. In permitting testimony as to oral statements made by appellant, after his arrest, to the Sheriff of Marlboro County and to the Chief of Police of the City of Bennettsville; !

2. In permitting the introduction in evidence of a written confession signed by appellant;

3. In permitting certain exhibits to be introduced in…