State v. Wharton

Moss, Chief Justice:

Howard Wharton, the appellant herein, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Abbeville County on the charges of (1) breaking and entering, breaking into a motor vehicle and larceny; (2) assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying a pistol; and (3) unlawfully pointing a firearm at one Claude London, Jr. The appellant waived his right to a trial by jury and consented to a joint trial of the three indictments by the presiding judge, the Honorable Francis B. Nicholson. The trial judge found the appellant guilty of the following offenses: (1) malicious injury to personal…