State v. Summers
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Newberry, July, 1890. On the hearing of this appeal, Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, Judge of the Sixth Circuit, sat in the place of Mr. Justice Pope, who had been of counsel.in the court below. It was an indictment against Jason Summers for the murder of John Reeder in March, 1890. C. H. Cannon, after examination on his voir dire, and ruled to be competent, was challenged by defendant. It does not appear how many jurors were challenged.
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Before Norton, J., Newberry, July, 1890. On the hearing of this appeal, Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, Judge of the Sixth Circuit, sat in the place of Mr. Justice Pope, who had been of counsel.in the court below. It was an indictment against Jason Summers for the murder of John Reeder in March, 1890. C. H. Cannon, after examination on his voir dire, and ruled to be competent, was challenged by defendant. It does not appear how many jurors were challenged. So much of the charge as is excepted to is correctly quoted in the grounds of appeal, and it will therefore not be necessary to give the charge in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was- delivered by
Mr. Justice Witherspoon.
The defendant, appellant, was indicted for the murder of John A. Reeder, and was convicted of manslaughter at the July term, 1890, of the Court of General Sessions for Newberry- County. The defendant relied for his defence upon the plea of self-defence. He appeals upon exceptions to the rulings as well as to the charge of the presiding judge.
1 The first exception imputes error to the Circuit Judge in ruling that C. H. Cannon was not disqualified as a juror, although when examined on his voir dire, he stated that he had…
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