State v. Bradford
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Mümmingur, J., Spartanburg, Spring term, 1909. Indictment against Harvey Bradford for burglary. Defendant appeals.
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Before Mümmingur, J., Spartanburg, Spring term, 1909. Indictment against Harvey Bradford for burglary. Defendant appeals. Bxamination by juror without knowledge of Court or counsel is ground for new ■ tried: 29 Cyc. 796, 798, 800, 801, 802, 814; 2 Strob. 410; 157 Mass. 579; 89 Wis. 38; 23 Minn. 325; 57 Ky. 291; 46 Wis. 248. cites: Due diligence zvas -not exercised by defendant in search for evidence: 68 S. E. 510; 66 S. E. 1047; 69 S. C. 295; 67 S. E. 267. Nezv contradictory evidence. is not ground for new trial: 58 S. C. 106; 49 S. C. 285. There was no abuse of discretion: 69 S. C. 295, 67…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The defendant Harvey Bradford was convicted of the crime of burglary and sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence admitted of no doubt that some man, near midnight on the 14th of June, 1909, committed the heinous crime of breaking into Converse College, entering the room of Miss Juliette Reid, one of the students, and attempting to suppress her screams by laying his hand over her mouth. Miss Reid testified that in the struggle, while the intruder had his hand over her mouth, she caught one of his fingers between her teeth and bit…
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