State v. White
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Colleton, March, 1880. The defendant, Gabriel White, was indicted for the murder of Frederick Bellinger in January, 1880. At the trial, the original panel having been exhausted, the names of talesmen including •some who resided more than five miles from the court house, were placed in the hat. During the drawing, the sheriff stepped aside to speak to some one, at which moment the name of a juror was drawn, the sheriff not seeing it.
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Before Aldrich, J., Colleton, March, 1880. The defendant, Gabriel White, was indicted for the murder of Frederick Bellinger in January, 1880. At the trial, the original panel having been exhausted, the names of talesmen including •some who resided more than five miles from the court house, were placed in the hat. During the drawing, the sheriff stepped aside to speak to some one, at which moment the name of a juror was drawn, the sheriff not seeing it. These matters were excepted to at the time, and for these causes the array, when completed, was challenged. The names of the jurors were drawn…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McIyee, A. J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Frederick Bellinger, by cutting him with a razor, and, upon *384his conviction, submitted motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment upon numerous grounds set out in the “ case.” The Circuit judge refused the motions, whereupon this appeal is brought, based upon the same grounds. We propose to consider only those which were relied upon in the argument here, and which are as follows:
1. Because three of the talesmen drawn to supply deficiencies in the jury resided mpre than five miles from the…
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