Legal Opinion
State v. Nelson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 2, 1918No. 9908Published
Before Memminger, J., Williamsburg, Spring term, 1917. Robert Nelson, alias John Nelson, was convicted of larceny of live stock, and from sentence, he appeals. The only exception complains of error in the charge of the presiding Judge, in that it prejudiced the minds of the jury against defendant and coerced them into finding a verdict against defendant. cite: 89 S. C. 232. (Oral argument.)
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Gary.
The jury found the defendant guilty of larceny of live stock, to wit, an ox, and he appealed from the sentence imposed on him.
The only exception is as follows :
“Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in charging the jury as follows: ‘Now, evidently, some juries of this Court at this term seem to disagree with the universal principles of law by which they ought to be governed, and set themselves in defiance with those principles of law, and turn loose guilty men. With that the Court has nothing to do, except the relation of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BrightSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911