State v. Ferri
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Peuriíoy, J., Charleston, Fall term, 1917. Emelio Ferri and Isaiah Murray were convicted, respectively, of buying and selling lint seed cotton during prohibited season in violation of act February 15, 1916, and they appeal. submit: Is this statute special, legislation and a denial of the eq%ial protection of the laws? 64 S. C. 194; 94 S. C. 444; 99 S. C. 377. Is the statute unconstitutional on other grounds? 84 S. C. 279; 106 S. C. 102; 80 S. C. 153; 244 U. S. 590;…
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Before Peuriíoy, J., Charleston, Fall term, 1917. Emelio Ferri and Isaiah Murray were convicted, respectively, of buying and selling lint seed cotton during prohibited season in violation of act February 15, 1916, and they appeal. submit: Is this statute special, legislation and a denial of the eq%ial protection of the laws? 64 S. C. 194; 94 S. C. 444; 99 S. C. 377. Is the statute unconstitutional on other grounds? 84 S. C. 279; 106 S. C. 102; 80 S. C. 153; 244 U. S. 590; 211 U. S. 539; 245 U. S. 60; 42 S. C. 222; 123 U. S. 660; 18 S. C. 103; Corpus Juris, vol. XII, 945. Is the statute in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, en bancJ was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is an appeal from conviction and sentence of the defendants. ' This is a case brought by the State against the defendants on the 18th day of September, 1917, on a warrant issued by the magistrate for Johns Island, charging the defendant, Isaiah Murray, with selling, and the defendant, Emelio Berri, with buying, 25 pounds of lint seed cotton for $1.50 in contravention of the act of Bebruary 15, 1916, which reads as follows, the penalty clause being omitted:
“Section 1. Traffic in Seed Cotton in Certain Counties Prohibited…
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