State v. Waring
Decision Date | 26 January 1918 |
Docket Number | 9890. |
Parties | STATE v. WARING. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from General Sessions Circuit Court of Colleton County; James E. Peurifoy, Judge.
John Waring was convicted of manslaughter, and from an order refusing a continuance and a refusal to release him upon habeas corpus proceedings, he appeals. Ruling on habeas corpus proceedings affirmed, and order refusing a continuance reversed, and new trial ordered.
R. M Jefferies, of Walterboro, for appellant.
Geo Warren, Sol., of Hampton, and Padgett & Moorer, of Walterboro, for the State.
The appellant was indicted for murder. When the case was called for trial, the appellant made a motion for continuance and supported the motion with the following affidavit:
A physician, Dr. W. B. Ackerman, was examined in open court, and stated that he had made a physical examination of the witness and it would be dangerous for her to come to court. Upon this showing the court ruled:
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