Town Council of Chesterfield v. Ratliff

Citations

• 52 S.C. 563
• 41 L.R.A. 503
• 30 S.E. 593
• 1898 S.C. LEXIS 107

Syllabus

<p>Evidence — Juries—Town Ordinances. — In a prosecution by a town council for shooting within its corporate limits, under an ordinance making it a misdemeanor, “without a reasonable excuse,” the reasonableness of the excuse is solely a. question for the jury, and testimony, tending to show under what circumstances people are accustomed to shoot in the town, is competent on this question.</p>