State v. Nash

Citations

• 51 S.C. 319
• 28 S.E. 946
• 1898 S.C. LEXIS 10

Syllabus

<p>1. Pdeadings — Indictments—Amendments—Magistrate’s Court. The information part of an indictment in a magistrate’s court may be amended at the trial.</p> <p>2. Jure — Magistrate’s Court — Criminad Eaw. — A prosecutor may demand a jury in a magistrate’s court.</p> <p>3. Criminad Eaw — Trespass—Jurisdiction—Magistrate Court— Titde. — •Mere claim of title by a defendant in a prosecution for malicious trespass will not oust a magistrate of jurisdiction of the case.</p> <p>4. Magistrate — Jury—Practice.—A magistrate may enter a room in which the jury is deliberating, in the absence of counsel and parties, at their request, to instruct them on a law point, if nothing more is said or done.</p>