State v. Chavis

Citations

• 34 S.C. 132
• 13 S.E. 317
• 1891 S.C. LEXIS 30

Syllabus

<p>1. Privily Stealing from the Person — Prooe oe a Negative. — Under an indictment for privily stealing from the person, the judge charged the jury that the property must have been secretly and privately taken from the person. Held, that there was no error in further charging that it is not necessary for the State to show that there was no force used.</p> <p>2. Motion at Chambers for. a New Trial. — A Circuit Judge is without jurisdiction at chambers to hear a motion for a new trial in the Court of General Sessions on the ground of after-discovered evidence. Such motion may be made after sentence at a succeeding term of that court.</p>