State v. Johnson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The defendants were indicted in the Court of General Sessions of Spartanburg County charged with the murder of Earle Belue, near the City of Spartanburg, on December 4, 1928. The trial was- had before his Honor, Judge Mann, and a jury at Spartanburg, on Thursday, April 25, 1929, and resulted in convictions of murder without recommendation of mercy. The defendants were accordingly sentenced to death and have appealed.

The exceptions assign error in the following particulars:

That his Honor, the presiding Judge, refused the motion of…