Case Name: STATE v. THURSTON
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1926-11-01
Citations: 137 S.C. 379
Docket Number: 12092
Parties: STATE v. THURSTON
Judges: Messrs. Justices Cothran, Beease, and StabeEr and Mr. Acting Associate Justice Ramage concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 379–380

Head Matter:
12092
STATE v. THURSTON
(135 S. E., 361)
January, 1926.
Messrs. Bowen & Bryson, for appellant.
Mr. J. C. Leatherwood, Solicitor, for respondent.
November 1, 1926.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
"The defendant-appellant was tried in his absence before Judge J. Henry Johnson and a jury on January 15, 1926, on a charge of violation of the prohibition law, and was convicted and sentenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary, or for a like period on the public works of Greenville County."
The exception is:
' "Because his Honor was in error in sentencing the defendant-appellant to one year on the public works of Greenville County, or for a like period in the state penitentiary, without the alternative of a fine, said sentence being an abuse of discretion, in that said sentence was unreasonable and excessive for such a small amount of whisky. Upon the foregoing exception the defendant-appellant asks the Supreme Court to grant a new trial, or to remand said case to the Circuit Court for a modification of said sentence."
The exception is overruled as being without merit.
Judgment affirmed.
Messrs. Justices Cothran, Beease, and StabeEr and Mr. Acting Associate Justice Ramage concur.
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary did not participate.