State v. Dill
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Witherspoon, J., Spartanburg, Indictment against John Dill for the murder of John D. Kirby. The defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals on the following grounds: 1st. Because the presiding Judge erred in allowing the solicitor to ask the witness, John Dill, the following question, and permitting the answer to the same, to wit: “Q. Isn’t his reputation there in that community that of a man who is violating the laws of his country, distilling liquor —…
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Before Witherspoon, J., Spartanburg, Indictment against John Dill for the murder of John D. Kirby. The defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals on the following grounds: 1st. Because the presiding Judge erred in allowing the solicitor to ask the witness, John Dill, the following question, and permitting the answer to the same, to wit: “Q. Isn’t his reputation there in that community that of a man who is violating the laws of his country, distilling liquor — -isn’t that his reputation? A. Well, I suppose so.” The same being irrelevant and incompetent, the defendant having only-put…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The defendant was tried at the July term of the Court of General Sessions for Spartan-burg County, in this State, before Judge Witherspoon and a jury, for the murder of one John D. Kirby. The verdict was guilty of manslaughter, and after judgment the defend*255ant appealed therefrom. The grounds of appeal will be set out in the report of the case.'
1 The first three of the grounds of appeal may be considered together, and embrace the same question, namely: Is it competent in the cross-examination of a witness, who has testified in his…
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