The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-20

shall be as good and eIsctual in law as j
the streke, wound, poisoning or other In
iury had been committed and done in the
same county where the party shall die
And the person or persons guilty of such
striking, wounding, poisoning or Other
injury, and every accessory thereto, either
before or after the fact, shall be tried in
the county where such Indictment shall
be found, and if convicted, punished in
the same mode, manner and form as il
the deceased had suffered such striking
woundihg, poisoning or other injury and
death in the county where such indict'
ment shall be found.
Approved December 81, 1880.
AN AcT' to regulate Appeals from Trial
Justices Courts III Criminal Causes.
BE enacted BY the Senate and House
of Representatives of trhe State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly and blythe authority Of the
same: =
SECTION 1. That from and: after the
passage Of this Act all appeals from Trial
Justices Courts in criminal cases shall
be taken and prosecuted as follows:
Sec. 2. The appellant shall, within
FIVE days after sentence, serve a;notice OF
appeal upon the trial justice who tries
the case, stating tie grounds upon which
the appeal is founded.
Sec. g. Within ten days after said SER
vice the said trial justice shall file in the
offlcepf the CLERK iof Courttthe said no.
tice;itogether with the record and state
mens Of all the proceedings in the case,
and the testimony y in writing, taken at
the trial, and signed by the witnesses.
cnSEc. 4. That upon service of the said
notice the said trial justice. shall, on de.
mand of the defendant, admit him to
BAIL, in such reasonable sum, and with
good sureties, as said trial justice may
require, with condition to appear at the
Court appealed to, and al any subsequent
term to,which the case may be continued,
if not previously surrendered, and so,
from term to term, until the final decree,
sentence or order of the Court thereon,
and to abide such final sentences order or
decree, iand not depart without leave,
and in the meantime to keep the peace
and be of good behavior. ~
Sec. s.. That the Clerk of Court, upon
receipt of said case, shall place the same
upon the proper docket of the Court of
General Sessions for trial or other dispo.
sition at the next ensuing term OF said
court.
Sec. 6. That the said appeal shall be
heard by the Court of General Sessions
upon the grounds of exceptions made,
and upon the papers hereinbefore re-
quired, and without the examination of
witnesses in said Court. Aud the said
Court may either confirm the sentence
appealed from, reverse or modify the
same, or grant new trial, as 10 the said
Court may seem meet and comformable
to law.
Approved December "a, 1880.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled Gan
Act to prohibit persons living together
in Adultery" approved December 70,
1873, and to define the crimes Of Adult
terry and Fornication.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou Sc
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That an Act entitled can Act to pro.
hibit persons living together in adultery
approved December 20, 1878, be amended
so as to read as follows, to wit:
SECTION l. That any man and woman
who shall be guilty of the crime of adul-
terry or fornication shall be liable to in
dictment, and, OH conviction, shall be
severely punished by hne of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than
Eve hundred dollars, or imprisoned for
not less than six months nor more than
one year, or by both fine and imprison-
ment. at the discretion of the Court.
SEC. 2. That adultery is the living TO-.
gether and carnal intercourse with each,
other, or habitual carnal intercourse with
each other, without living together. OF a
man and woman, when either is lawfully
married to some other person.
Sec. 8. That fornication is the living
together and carnal intercourse with each
other, or habitual carnal intercourse with
each other, without living together, of a
man and woman, both being unmarried.
Approved December 81, 1880.