State v. Quinn
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Smith, J., Greenville, Ball term, 1917. R. R. Quinn and others were convicted of unlawfully transporting liquor, and they appeal. The following are the exceptions: (1) That his Honor erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty, when the undisputed testimony showed that the evidence upon which the defendants were arrested and convicted was obtained by an unlawful search of the persons and property of the defendants without due process of law.
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Before Smith, J., Greenville, Ball term, 1917. R. R. Quinn and others were convicted of unlawfully transporting liquor, and they appeal. The following are the exceptions: (1) That his Honor erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty, when the undisputed testimony showed that the evidence upon which the defendants were arrested and convicted was obtained by an unlawful search of the persons and property of the defendants without due process of law. (2) Because his Honor erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty, when the undisputed testimony showed that the defendants were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Indictment for unlawfully- transporting liquor in Green-ville county; verdict of guilty; appeal by the defendants.
There are five exceptions, reduced to three questions in the appellants’ brief: (1) Verdict ought to have been directed for defendants; (2) the Court charged on the facts; (3) the act of 1914 (28 Stats. 754) is in violation of the State and Federal Constitutions. Let the exceptions be reported. The prime contention of the appellants is that liquor was discovered by an illegal search of the defendants, and that the case is…
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