Case Name: STATE v. REDMAN
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1922-09-01
Citations: 121 S.C. 139
Docket Number: 11002
Parties: STATE v. REDMAN
Judges: Chiee Justice Gary >and Justice Watts concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 139–141

Head Matter:
11002
STATE v. REDMAN
(113 S. E., 467)
Criminal Law — Attempt to Commit a Misdemeanor is Not an Indictable Offense. — It is elementary law that an attempt to commit a misdemeanor is not an indictable offense.
Before Prince, J., Marion, Fall Term, 1920.
Reversed.
James Redman, convicted of attempting to obtain goods under false pretense, appeals.
Mr. Henry Buck, for appellant,
cites: Is attempt to commit a misdemeanor an offense ?: 2 Bishop Crim. I: (8th Ed.), Sec. 488. Attempt to commit felony is a misdemeanor: 20 S. C L., 453; 35 S. C., 262; 1 Bish. Crim. L,., Sec. 768; 7 Conn., 266; 54 Pa., 209; 11 Lea. (Tenn.), 474. Attempt to obtain goods by false pretense is a misdemeanor; 2'Archbolds Crim. Pr. & PI., 2111; 2 Mass., 128. Not under Sec. 220, Crim. Code 1912.
Mr. L. M. Gasque, Solicitor, for respondent,
cites: When attempt to commit a crime is a crime: 1 Bish. Crim. L., Sec. 752, 759; 1 Whart. Crim. E., Sec. 186, 173; 12 Cyc. 177; 90 N. C., 717; 86 Va., 382; 2 Arch. Crim. PI. & Pr., 1411.
September 1, 1922.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The charge in this case is an attempt to obtain goods under false pretenses. The statute makes obtaining goods under false pretenses, irrespective of the amount involved, a misdemeanor. It is elementary law that an attempt to commit a misdemeanor is not an indictable offense.
The judgment is reversed. •
Chiee Justice Gary >and Justice Watts concur.