State v. Corbitt
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Orangeburg, January, 1921. Carlos Corbitt indicted for the murder of Bryan Salley, Julian Cooper and Hugh Fanning. After acquittal 'on the indictment for the murder of Bryan Salley, the indictment for the murder of Julian Cooper was called. The defendant interposed a plea of autrefois acquit or former jeopardy, to which the State demurred. From order sustaining the plea of the defendant the State appeals.
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Before Shipp, J., Orangeburg, January, 1921. Carlos Corbitt indicted for the murder of Bryan Salley, Julian Cooper and Hugh Fanning. After acquittal 'on the indictment for the murder of Bryan Salley, the indictment for the murder of Julian Cooper was called. The defendant interposed a plea of autrefois acquit or former jeopardy, to which the State demurred. From order sustaining the plea of the defendant the State appeals. Paragraph 10 of accused’s plea was as follows: “(10) That the several shots fired by him from the said revolver at said persons at said time and place, and under the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court en banc was delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
At the May term of “the Court of General Sessions for Orangeburg County true bills upon separate indictments were returned against the defendant, charging him with the murders respectively of Bryan Salley, Julian Cooper and Hugh Panning, on March 27, 1920. At the September term he was tried upon the indictment charging him with the murder of Bryan Salley, and was acquitted. At the following January term he was called for trial upon the indictment charging him with the murder of Julian Cooper. He thereupon filed a plea of…
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