Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1922

State v. Wright

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided January 25, 1922 · Cothran

110 S.E. 927; 118 S.C. 496; 1922 S.C. LEXIS 34 (South Eastern Reporter)

Counsel

Messrs. Graydon Graydon , for appellant, cite: Facts show suspicion but not proof: 107 S.E., 909 . Right of trial by jury means trial by twelve men: 40 S.C. 373 ; 29 S.C. 355 ; 38 S.C. 399 ; 35 S.C. 244 ; 10 Rich., 407; 2 Strob., 487; 17 S.C. 538 ; 24 S.C. 162 ; 64 S.C. 210 . Charge on facts: 74 S.C. 75 ; 47 S.C. 488 ; 49 S.C. 481 ; 49 S.C. 488 ; 50 S.C. 161 ; 49 S.C. 550 ; Art. V., Sec. 26, Const. 1895. Mr. H.L. Blackwell, Solicitor , for the State.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

A careful consideration of the testimony in this case, a review of which would accomplish no useful purpose, conr vinces us that the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was insufficient to justify the submission of the case to the jury, and that a verdict of not guilty should have been directed by the Court. The judgment of this Court is that the judgment be reversed, and that the case be remanded for the direction of a verdict of not guilty under Rule 27 (90 S. E., xii).

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