State v. O'Neall
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J-, Greenville, Indictment against Anna O’Neall for infanticide. From sentence on verdict of manslaughter, defendant appeals. cite: There is a total failure here to establish the corpus delecti: Wills’ Cir. Ev., 447, 270-, 300; 451, 453, 454; Taylor’s Med. Jur., 399; 10 Tex., 225; 76 Ga., 498; 19 Am. St. R., 838. Oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
The defendant, Anna O’Neall, was indicted along with Sallie Mcjunkin and Wesley W. Eyon, at the May term of the Court of General Sessions for Greenville County. She was tried before 'his Honor, George W. Gage, and a jury on the charge of manslaughter, causing- the death of her infant child, whose body was recovered from, a well on the premises where she was living. With the consent of the solicitor the defendants S'allie Mcjunkin and Wesley W. Eyon were found not guilty.
It hardly seems worth while to pursue with great care and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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