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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 7/16/1896

State v. Richardson

Citations

  • 47 S.C. 166
  • 35 L.R.A. 238
  • 25 S.E. 220
  • 1896 S.C. LEXIS 132

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Procedure. — A defendant does not consent to a proceeding in a criminal case when he simply stands mute.</p> <p>2. Criminal Daw — Former Jeopardy — Constitution 1895. — A defendant put upon trial in a criminal case by empanelling and swearing in the jury, one witness having been examined, and the case then withdrawn from the jury, has been put in jeopardy, and under the Constitution of 1895, sec. 17, art. 1, cannot again be tried for same offense, notwithstanding act was committed under Constitution of 1868,</p>

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  • prosecutor by mistake told witness to go home
  • prosecutor by mistake told witness to go home

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Judges: Buchanan, McIvbr, Sumter

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