State v. Burch
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Florence, May, 1894. Prosecution against J. B. Burch, commenced and tried before a trial justice in March, 1894. The trial justice found that the defendant had been guilty of an assault with a pistol, and sentenced him to pay a fine of $10, or be imprisoned for fifteen days.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The defendant was tried and convicted before a trial justice under a warrant in which it was alleged that he “did commit a misdemeanor, by assaulting deponent with a drawn pistol, and saying he would shoot him, contrary to the statutes made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State, said Burch being at the time under a bond to keep the peace toward M. E. Harrell.” The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, and his honor, Judge Norton, made the following order: “This case having come on to be heard, the attorneys…
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