2 S.C.L. 466
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 1, 1802
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1802-07-01
ASSAULT. Verdict for plaintiff. Motion for new trial. - From tne report of the Judge who tried this cause, (Mr. Justice Waties,) it appeared that this was a most wicked, cruel and unprovoked assault on the part of the defendant, w^° ^ad fired a Stln at the plaintiff, loaded with buck-shot, which had nearly taken off an arm. And for this iniury, the iüry had only given him one dollar damages. .
Decided 1802-07-01
¶1were unanimously of opinion, that the jury in tbis case had behaved most shamefully, and deserved the severest reprehension of the court for such glaring partiality aud injustice. And although it was not usual to grant new trials on account of the smallness of damages, yet this was so extraordinary a case, in which every principle of justice had been outraged, that they could not hesitate a moment in ordering a new trial, and that without costs.
¶2Rule for a new trial made absolute.