State v. Messervy

Littlejohn, Justice.

Edward B. Messervy was charged by South Carolina Highway Patrolman D. W. Crosby with driving a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors. He was tried and convicted by a jury in a Charleston County Magistrate’s Court. At the trial, Patrolman Crosby presented the State’s case without the assistance of a prosecuting attorney. He testified as prosecuting witness and was allowed by the magistrate to make a closing argument to the jury.

Messervy appealed to the Charleston County Court on grounds, among others:

“That Plis Honor erred as a matter of law in…