210 S.C. 495
43 S.E.2d 449
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 23, 1947
Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1947-06-23
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Decided 1947-06-23
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 1967
12 state decisions
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¶1 (dissenting).
¶2 The prevailing order on the petition for a rehearing in this case appears to be bottomed upon a presumption against the defendant-appellant.
¶3*504 ' We are still of opinion, from the record before us, that the punishment inflicted was oppressive, thus bringing it within the prohibition of Article 1, Section 19 of the Constitution of 1895.