State v. Harmon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before W. H. Hunt, SpECiau Judge, Abbeville, Indictment against Clinton Harmon and Bertha Harmon for murder of R. E. Wells. From sentence on verdict of manslaughter, defendant .appeals. Mr. Graydon cites: Admission of opinion evidence: 55 S. C., 338. Relations and feelings existing between defendant and deceased are relevant: Elliott on Ev., Sec. 3036; 43 S. C, 53; 37 Cal., 77; 9 Pa., 573.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion oí the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
Under an indictment charging them with murder of R. E. Wells, the defendants were convicted of manslaughter. The defense, in substance, was that Wells had been intimate with the wife of Clinton Harmon, and when this fact was made known to Clinton Harmon, he and Bertha Harmon, his brother, sought an interview with Wells, who became the aggressor, and by attempting to shoot made it necessary for them to kill him in self-defense.
1 Error is alleged in the exclusion and admission of testimony and in the charge to the jury. The contention…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brice v. MillerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1892
- Sims v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
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