Legal Opinion
State v. Major
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 1, 1905PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Before Aldrich, J., Beaufort, January, 1904. Indictment against Class Major, for privily stealing from the person. From sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Statements made to a defendant should not he admitted in evidence: 4 Rich. L,., 260; 12 Rich. L., 321; 1 Green. Fv., sec. 124; 34 S. C., 37; 13 S. C., 30.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The defendant was convicted of privily stealing from the person, under section 152, Criminal Code, and appeals from the sentence thereon upon the following exceptions:
“1. That the conviction of defendant herein for privily stealing from1 the person was illegal, in that all the testimony for the State shows that, if the one dollar and twenty-five cents was stolen by defendant, it was done openly before the witnesses, and with force, and not privily from the person, as charged in the indictment.
“2. That the testimony of the prosecutrix…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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