Case ID: scl_5/html/0416-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Nott, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT, COLUMBIA,
    NOV., 1814.
    Isaac Poole ads. The State.
    A general verdict is good, where there is one good count in the indictment to which the evidence applies.
    Egan, for the motion. Starke, contra.
    
   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.

Corcock, Smith, and Brevard, Js., concurred.