Case Name: The State vs. David Youngblood
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1822-11
Citations: 2 McCord 241
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State vs. David Youngblood.
Judges: Justices Colcock and Nott, concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 241–241

Head Matter:
The State vs. David Youngblood.
The statute of limitations bars an indictment for hog stealing, if not commenced within six months after the offence.
THIS was an indictment for hog stealing, to which thé statute of limitations was pleaded in bar. The presiding judge did not think that the statute operated as a bar to thé prosecution, and the defendant was convicted. This was therefore an application for a new trial, on the ground that the statute operated as a har in this case, six months having elapsed' before any prosecution was commenced.
Jeter, solicitor, for the motion.
Glascock, contra.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Gantt
delivered the opinion of the court:
By the act of 1812, all penalties and forfeitures are to be prosecuted for within six months, and not after.
I am therefore of opinion that the statute should have shielded the defendant from a prosecution after that period had elapsed. A new trial is therefore granted.-
Justices Colcock and Nott, concurred.