State v. Riddle

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

This matter comes before this Court on appeal by the State from an order issued by his Honor, Judge T. S. Sease, granting a writ of habeas corpus for and discharging the defendant, C. Rhett Riddle, who was arrested on a charge of the violation of the Act of 1930 (36 Statutes, p. 1386), making it a misdemeanor for any person to “knowingly, intentionally and willfully violate the laws of the State of South Carolina enacted for the purpose of prohibiting the charging, collecting, or receiving of usurious interest.” So much of the Act in…