State v. Lee
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Benet, J., Darlington, Indictment against Maxcy C. Dee for murder. The record contains the following in reference to the motions for continuance : When the defendant was arraigned and asked if he was ready to go to trial, his counsel moved a continuance of the case to the next term of Court, basing the motion upon the ground that the tragedy had but recently occurred, the defendant had not had sufficient time under the circumstances to prepare for his trial, the…
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Before Benet, J., Darlington, Indictment against Maxcy C. Dee for murder. The record contains the following in reference to the motions for continuance : When the defendant was arraigned and asked if he was ready to go to trial, his counsel moved a continuance of the case to the next term of Court, basing the motion upon the ground that the tragedy had but recently occurred, the defendant had not had sufficient time under the circumstances to prepare for his trial, the homicide having occurred on the 5th day of October, 1899, and upon the following physician’s certificate: “Darlington, S. C.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
A general statement of the facts herein is correctly set forth in the argument of the appellant’s attorneys as follows: “October 5, 1899, Maxcy C. Lee, a young physician, was living with his aged father, Dr. Henry J. Lee, in Darlington County, near a little hamlet called Lydia. The father and son had thus been living together for about five years, engaged in the practice of medicine in partnership. Dr. Henry Lee had lost his wife some three years before; his other children had married and settled around him at varying distances, and…
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