State v. Waller
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hon. Thos. F. McDow, special Judge, Greenwood, November, 1915. Gus Waller was convicted of illegal sale of liquor in . mayor’s Court of the city of Greenwood, and appealed to the Circuit Court, where conviction was affirmed, and hé appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
The appellant was tried, convicted and sentenced by the mayor’s Court of the city of Greenwood in two cases for selling liquor. He appealed to the Circuit Court, and after the cases were heard, the Hon. Thomas F. McDow, special presiding Judge, made an order in the cases affirming the judgment of the mayor’s Court. Thereupon the defendant appealed on the following grounds: . . . •.(1) Because there was a total failure of proof to convict the defendant, the witnesses being admittedly hired by the mayor, who offered them as witnesses…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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