State v. Beadon

Citations

• 17 S.C. 55
• 1882 S.C. LEXIS 45

Syllabus

<p>1. State v. McKettrick, 14 S. 0. 347, approved and followed.</p> <p>2. An indictment in the Court of General Sessions for aggravated assault and battery should not simply characterize the offence as aggravated, but should state the matter which makes the aggravation.</p> <p>3. The indictment charged in its first count an assault and battery with a shovel with intent to kill, and in its second count an assault and battery with a shovel, and the verdict was “guilty of an aggravated assault and battery.” Held, that the verdict might be referred to either count, and was a conviction of an offence charged in the indictment and within the jurisdiction of the Court of General Sessions.</p>