State v. Maddox
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Dantzler, J., Marlboro, October Term, 1907. Indictment against W. C. Maddox, charged with corrupting a juror. From sentence on verdict of guilty, defendant appeals. cite: At the time of the alleged approach of the juror he was not a juror chosen or appointed: 88 Fed., 882; 12 Wash., 53. Gift defined: 14 Ency., 1008. Gratuity defined: 14 Ency., 1116. A count which does not allege the acts constituting the offense is defective: 95 N. C., 685; 16 So., 63; 77 N. W., 495;…
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Before Dantzler, J., Marlboro, October Term, 1907. Indictment against W. C. Maddox, charged with corrupting a juror. From sentence on verdict of guilty, defendant appeals. cite: At the time of the alleged approach of the juror he was not a juror chosen or appointed: 88 Fed., 882; 12 Wash., 53. Gift defined: 14 Ency., 1008. Gratuity defined: 14 Ency., 1116. A count which does not allege the acts constituting the offense is defective: 95 N. C., 685; 16 So., 63; 77 N. W., 495; 9 So., 922; 38 S. W., 75. Mr. DeBruhl, oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The defendant was convicted and sentenced under an indictment containing two counts. The first count charged the defendant “did unlawfully attempt to corrupt a juror by offering and promising said juror the trade of certain customers under the control of said W. C. Maddox, with intent to 'bias the opinion of said juror and to influence the decision of such juror in a cause then and there pending and to be tried before the court of the intendant of the town of McColl.” The second count charged that the defendant “did attempt to corrupt…
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