Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1814

Poole v. State

Poole v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided November 15, 1814 · Brevard, Colcock, Nott, Smith
7 S.C.L. 494

Poole v. State

Opinion of the Court

Nott, J.

This is a motion for a new trial, or in arrest of judgment on the following ground : Because there are two counts in the indictment, one of which is a bad one, on which the defendant could not be convicted; and the jury have found a general verdict. But a general verdict is good where there is one good count to which the evidence applies. The motion, therefore must be refused.

Justices Colcock, Smith, and Brevard concurred.

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