State v. Dukes

Citations

• 40 S.C. 481
• 19 S.E. 134
• 1894 S.C. LEXIS 173

Syllabus

<p>1. Irrelevant Testimony. — On the trial of four persons indicted as accessories before the fact to the crime of arson, testimony as to a burning other than that charged, as to the appearance and disappearance of a stranger in the community, and as to the remark made by the wife of one of the accused in his presence at the time of his arrest, that she had “been dreaming of this trouble for three months,” was all irrelevant, and its admission constituted reversible error.</p> <p>2. Evidence — Completed Conspiracy. — Testimony detailing the conversation between two persons, other than the accused, after the burning, inculpating two of the defendants, was improperly received.</p>