State v. Danelly
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before PeuriEoy* J., Orangeburg, January, 1920. Howard Danelly indicted for burglary and larceny. Upon conviction the defendant appeals. cites: Confession should have been rejected as manacled condition was sufficient to produce fear, and advice of officer that “it would pay a man best to tell the truth” was sufficient to give hope of reward: 99 S.'C. 505; 51 Mich. 612; 49 Cal. 344; 159 Cal. 6; 61 Wash. 125; 36 S. C. 524; 168 U. S. 532; 8 Ann. Cas. 1184; Greenleaf Evid.
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Before PeuriEoy* J., Orangeburg, January, 1920. Howard Danelly indicted for burglary and larceny. Upon conviction the defendant appeals. cites: Confession should have been rejected as manacled condition was sufficient to produce fear, and advice of officer that “it would pay a man best to tell the truth” was sufficient to give hope of reward: 99 S.'C. 505; 51 Mich. 612; 49 Cal. 344; 159 Cal. 6; 61 Wash. 125; 36 S. C. 524; 168 U. S. 532; 8 Ann. Cas. 1184; Greenleaf Evid. (5th Ed.) Vol. 1, Secs. 219-22. Judge erred in charging the jury that an alibi is a rogue’s defense: 149 Mo. 391; 11 Am.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court en banc was delivered by
Mu. Justice Cothran.
The appellant was tried and convicted in the Court of General. Sessions at Orangeburg, at January term, 1920, before Judge Peurifoy and a jury, upon the charge of burglary and grand larceny at common law. Sentence, imprisonment for life.
The appeal raises but three questions:(1) Did the Circuit Judge err in admitting certain statements of the defendant alleged to have been a confession of guilt or an admission of certain facts connecting him with the crimp?(2) Did the Circuit Judge err in not determining for himself the…
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