Case Name: THE STATE v. McKENZIE
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1928-03-01
Citations: 143 S.C. 504
Docket Number: 12386
Parties: THE STATE v. McKENZIE
Judges: Mr. Chile Justice Watts and Messrs. Justices Cothran, Stabler and Carter concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 504–505

Head Matter:
12386
THE STATE v. McKENZIE
(141 S. E., 895)
Mr. PI. Klugh Purdy, for appellant,
Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, for respondent,
March 1, 1928.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Blease.
Lawrence McKenzie appeals to this Court from his conviction and sentence in the Court of General Sessions of Jasper County on a charge of violating the Prohibition Law.
The one exception relates to the refusal of the presiding Judge, Hon. J. Hemy Johnson, to allow a witness for the State to answer a question put to him by the appellant's attorney on cross-examination.
One Daniel Foy, cólored, testified that the defendant brought certain alcoholic liquor to Eoy's house and left it there for safe-keeping. When Magistrate Browning was testifying as a witness for the State, appellant's counsel asked him this question: "Did you ever receive any reports about this negro (Daniel Foy) about his being in the liquor business?" The witness was not permitted to answer, the trial Judge ruling that the answer would be "hearsay." And we think the ruling of the Court was correct.
There is an appeal on the part of the State from the order of the presiding Judge settling the case, but it is not necessary to pass upon this appeal.
The judgment of this Court is that the appeal of McKenzie be dismissed.
Mr. Chile Justice Watts and Messrs. Justices Cothran, Stabler and Carter concur.