State v. Edwards
Decision Date | 04 July 1910 |
Citation | 68 S.E. 524,86 S.C. 215 |
Parties | STATE v. EDWARDS. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from General Sessions Circuit Court of Berkeley County Ernest Gary, Judge.
James Edwards was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed.
John O Edwards, for appellant. P. T. Hildebrand, Sol., for the State.
The defendant was arraigned at the July, 1909, term of the court of general sessions for Berkeley county, Judge Watts presiding, charged with the murder of his wife about eight years previous. The case was continued. At the November 1909 term, Judge Ernest Gary presiding, the case was tried and resulted in a conviction of murder without recommendation to mercy, and defendant was sentenced to be hanged on December 10, 1909.
The exceptions assign error in the refusal to continue the case at the November term and in proceeding with the trial. The court has often declared that the refusal of a motion for continuance is in the discretion of the trial court and will not be ground for reversal, except in a clear case of abuse of discretion. State v. Kenny, 77 S.C. 240, 57 S.E. 859.
In his order settling the case the presiding judge stated his reason for refusing the motion as follows:
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