State v. Freely
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Smith, J., Anderson, February, 1916. Doc Freely, convicted of murder, appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. cite: As to conduct of trial, sending jury back a second time without their consent, to consider case: Civil Code, sec. 4050; 75 S. C. 494; 45 S. C: 466. As to exclusion of testimony, as to defendant’s declarations: 3 Wigmore Ev. 2230; 93 Am.
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Before Smith, J., Anderson, February, 1916. Doc Freely, convicted of murder, appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. cite: As to conduct of trial, sending jury back a second time without their consent, to consider case: Civil Code, sec. 4050; 75 S. C. 494; 45 S. C: 466. As to exclusion of testimony, as to defendant’s declarations: 3 Wigmore Ev. 2230; 93 Am. Dec. 274; 145 U. S. 710, 711. Right to new trial, because jury disregarded charge: 57 S. C. 347; 100 S. C. 287; 68 S. C.~523. cites: As to sending back jury: Civil Code, sec. 4050; 45 S'. C. 659; 75 S. C. 494; 54 S. C. 234; 97 S. C.…
1Opinion of the Court
'The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Me. Justice Gage.
The defendant is a negro man; he was tried for the murder of a Confederate veteran named Dodd; the verdict was “guilty,” and the judgment of the law was death. The homicide was committed with a blunt instrument on the head, on Saturday afternoon, some time between 4 and 6 o’clock, February 20, 1915, in the storeroom of the deceased on Hampton street, in the city of Anderson, a half mile from the courthouse. There was no eyewitness to the tragedy; all the testimony rests in circumstances. The defendant was gone from his accustomed…
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