Case Name: The State v. Michael Simpson
Court: North Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1830-02
Citations: 1 Bail. 378
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Michael Simpson.
Judges: Johnson, J. and Richardson, J. concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 378–378

Head Matter:
The State v. Michael Simpson.
Charleston,
Feb. 1830
The 4th section of the act of 1827, directing fines and forfeitures, incurred, or imposed in any Court of Sessions, to be paid to the Commissioners of public buildings, for public purposes, does not deprive the Governor of the power, conferred by the Constitution, to remit so much of any fine or forfeiture, as is not by law given to the informer, or other private person, for private purposes, vide State ®. Williams, 1 N & M. 26, and Acts of 1827, p. 34.

Opinion:
Per
Colcock, J.
sustaining the decision of Mr. Justice O'Neall, at Walterborough, Spring Term, 1829.
Johnson, J. and Richardson, J. concurred.