State v. Grant

Citations

• 34 S.C. 109
• 12 S.E. 1070
• 1891 S.C. LEXIS 26

Syllabus

<p>1. Assault and Battery — Jurisdiction or General Sessions. — An indictment which charges that defendants “in and upon one-D. IT. with did make an assault and him the said D. H. with the said then and there in the dwelling house of him the said D. II. and in the presence of the family of the said D. II. then and there did beat, wound, and ill-treat,” does not charge an assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and therefore is not cognizable in the Court of General Sessions. State v. McKettriclc, 14 S. C., 353, approved and followed.</p> <p>2. Jurisdiction. — A question of jurisdiction may be raised at any time, and therefore was not too late when raised by demurrer after jury empanelled and one witness sworn.</p>