Town Council v. Ohlandt

Citations

• 24 S.C. 158
• 1886 S.C. LEXIS 16

Syllabus

<p>1. The charter of the town of Beaufort provides that “the intendant of said town is hereby vested with all the power and jurisdiction given to trial justices of this State, and may hold court for the trial of violations of town ordinances, and may punish by fine or imprisonment in his discretion, or’both.” Held, that a person charged before the intendant with a violation of an ordinance of the town, was entitled to a trial by jury, as in a trial justice’s court, and the same right of appeal to the Court of General Sessions.</p> <p>2. Slate ex rel. Burton v. Williams, 11 S. G., 288, affirmed.</p>