State v. Hamilton

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chiee Justice Blease.

The appellant, with five others, was charged in two indictments, each containing three counts, with the crimes of housebreaking, larceny, and receiving stolen goods. By consent, the two cases have been tried together in the lower Court, and in the review by this Court, likewise, there has been only one appeal in both cases. In the first trial, all the defendants were convicted. The appeal therefrom was by the appellant alone, and his conviction and sentence were reversed. See State v. Hamilton, 166 S. C., 274, 164 S. E., 639.

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