State v. Glover
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Charleston, June, 1911. Indictment against Peter Glover before W. D. Hamlin, magistrate. Defendant appeals from Circuit order affirming judgment of magistrate. cites: Magistrate had no jurisdiction of this offense: 43 S. C. 3. Dropping of pistol shows defendant acted in self-defense: 3 Green. Ev., sec. 55. Evidence shows prosecutor was the. aggressor: 1 Ency. Ev. 1013; 77 N. W. 337; 10 N. E. 350; 111 Ala. 33.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
The defendant was tried before Magistrate W. D. Hamlin without a jury and was found guilty on a warrant charging that defendant did assault and strike Sam Green with a brickbat. The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court mainly on the ground that the magistrate had no jurisdiction of the case, an assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Judge Gage sustained the jurisdiction of the magistrate and affirmed the judgment and sentence, which was a fine of twenty-five dollars or thirty days at hard labor on the public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BurchSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. GistSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1960