Case Name: STATE v. ROWLAND
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1926-05-31
Citations: 134 S.C. 483
Docket Number: 12001
Parties: STATE v. ROWLAND
Judges: Mr. Chief Justice Gary and Messrs. Justices Cothran, Brease and Stabrer concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 483–484

Head Matter:
12001
STATE v. ROWLAND
(133 S. E., 460)
Mr. L. G. Southard for appellant.
Mr. I. C. Blackwood, Solicitor, for respondent.
May 31, 1926.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
"The defendant-appellant was tried before Judge Feather-stone and a jury at the April term of the Sessions Court for Spartanburg County, charged with house-breaking and larceny. It was charged that he broke arid entered a house of Mrs. Pruitt, and took therefrom 19 chickens, of the value of $30. The jury found the defendant not guilty of housebreaking, but they found him guilty of larceny; and after overruling a motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that it was contradictory to the law and the evidence, the Judge sentenced him to serve for 4 months."
The exceptions raise the question that his Honor should have directed a verdict of not guilty as asked for by the defendant, on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict as found by the jury.
It would serve no' useful purpose to point out the evidence and circumstances relied on by the State. It is sufficient to state that his Plonor committed no error in submitting the case to the jury, and there is ample evidence to- support their verdict.
All the exceptions are overruled, and the judgment is affirmed.
Mr. Chief Justice Gary and Messrs. Justices Cothran, Brease and Stabrer concur.