Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-01-17
LAW ENFORCEMENT
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resulted in disagreements of the ju-
ry. In the other four, convictions
were obtained. Three times the
life sentence was imposed and once
a term of Imprisonment for term
of % years. Each time the court
of criminal appeals reversed the
conviction, and finally the prose
cutting attorney gave it up as hope
less, and said that it appeared to be
impossible to conduct a trial
in such way as to meet the re-
quirements of the reviewing court.
And here is another:
"One Granthan was convicted of
burglary. The Indictment charged
that the crime was committed in a
certain house occupied by six per-
sons named therein. But the evi-
dence disclosed the fact that the
house was occupied by only the
first five of the persons named.
The court of appeals held that the
variance between the allegation and
the proof was fatal, and the convic-
tion was therefore reversed.
"Other appeals granted.
I'm South Carolina an indict-
ment was dismissed because the
word father was spelled farther
In Alabama another indict-
ment was quashed because the
letter - was left out in spelling
malice
in North Carolina cause was
found to reverse a decision be-
cause breast was spelled 'brest.'
I'm West Virginia a horse thief
gained a new trial because in the
Indictment the name of the State
was once abbreviated as W.. Vir-
ginia.'
In Missouri the court of ap-
peals set aside a verdict in an ag-
eravaled case of assault, although
the guilt of the defendant was clear
ly proved, because the indictment
closed with the words against the
peace and dignity of State in
stead of the State
Commenting on this decision,
Frederick w. Lehman, in an ad-
dress as president of the American
Bar associatiop, said, with bitter
scorn;
:" Had mob assembled to lynch
fend in this case, and had 1 ap-
peared upon the scene and pleaded
with them to let the law take, is
course, they would have said: We
have no respect for a law which
puts the definite article in sanctity
above the chastity of our wives and
daughters"
The author then quotes in ex-
tense the indictment in the Wood
ard case for murder in 1905 as fol-
lows:
"That G. w. and G. W., laeoff
the county of P. of the State of
Missouri, on the 10th day of Janu-
ary, 1904, at the county of p,
State of Missouri, did then and
there, in and upon the body of one
E. p, then and there being unlaw-
fully, wilfully, feloniously, premed-
itatedly on propose and of malice
aforethought, make an assault and
with a dangerous and deadly weap-
on to wit: club, which said club
was then and there Of the length of
four feet, of the breadth of two
inches and of the weight of two
pounds, and which said club the
said G. w. did then and there un-
lawfully, feloniously, premeditatdly
on purpose and of malice afore-
thought, strike and beat him the
said E. P, at and upon the right
side of the head of him, the said E.
p, with the club aforesaid, and in
t1ictlng on and giving TO MN, the
said Z. p, in and upon the right
side OF the head of him, the said
E. p, one.smortal wound,i (which said
mortal wound was of the length of
four inches, and OF the breadth of.
two inches OF which said mortal
wound, the said E. P. said 10th
January, 1904, the year aforesaid,
in the county aforesaid, until the
18th of January in the year afore-
said in the county aforesaid did
languish, and languishing did live,
on which said 18th day of January
in the year aforesaid, the said E. p.
in the county aforesaid of the NOR
tai wound aforesaid died; and SO,
L. L. c., prosecuting attorney,
upon his official oath as aforesaid
doth say that the said 6. w. and
10. W. him, the said E. P. in the
manner and by the means afore-