State v. Hanahan
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memmingrr, J., Richland, Spring term, 1918. ' J. B. Hanahan and K. C. Hardin were convicted of manslaughter and they appeal. The two defendants were indicted for manslaughter in the same indictment, but for separate offenses, under the following circumstances: While deceased, a 12-year-old boy, was climbing out of a grocery wagon standing near a curb, the wagon was struck by an automobile driven by defendant, Hanahan, and overturned.
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Before Memmingrr, J., Richland, Spring term, 1918. ' J. B. Hanahan and K. C. Hardin were convicted of manslaughter and they appeal. The two defendants were indicted for manslaughter in the same indictment, but for separate offenses, under the following circumstances: While deceased, a 12-year-old boy, was climbing out of a grocery wagon standing near a curb, the wagon was struck by an automobile driven by defendant, Hanahan, and overturned. Immediately after, but almost at the instant of, the accident, Hanahan’s automobile was in turn struck by a heavier automobile driven by defendant,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
The appellants were indicted, tried and convicted of manslaughter at the January term of Court, 1918, for Richland county, before his Honor, Judge Memminger, and a jury. After the appellants were duly sentenced they appeal, and by 10 exceptions allege error and seek reversal.
1 The first exception imputes error that the motion for a separate trial of the appellants was refused on the ground that they were not jointly charged, and that the evidence which might be competent against one might be incompetent .against the other. This…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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