Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 18, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Before Townsend, J., Barnwell, July, 1894. Indictment against Alex. Johnson and six others for riot and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

The seven appellants were tried in the Court of General Sessions for Barnwell County, in this State, before his honor, Judge Townsend, and a jury, at the July Term, 1894, on the charge of riot and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. The verdict was guilty, and after judgment pronounced thereon, they appealed on the following grounds: 1. Because it was error to order on the case for trial in the absence of the stenographer. 2. Because it was error to allow the prosecuting witness to testify that defendants belong to a…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Bituminous Casualty Corporation, and Cross-Appellant v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
  2. State v. NelsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  3. State v. GreeneSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1971
  4. Abernathy v. ConroyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
  5. State v. AlbertSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1971

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