State v. Johnson

Citations

• 26 S.C. 152
• 1 S.E. 510
• 1887 S.C. LEXIS 20

Syllabus

<p>1. Dying declarations are admissible in evidence where death was imminent when they were made, the declarant so thought and was without hope of life, and his death was the subject of the charge and the circumstances of the killing were the subject of his declarations.</p> <p>2. These conditions having been all fulfilled in this case, the statements of the deceased were properly received in evidence as dying declarations.</p>