7 S.C. 67
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 1, 1876
Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1876-03-01
Indictment against Edward Watson, alias John F. McCord, for grand larceny. The case is stated in the brief, which is as follows'; This was an indictment for grand larceny, and the defendant, on his arraignment, pleaded not guilty. The State introduced evidence to show that on the 20th day of January, 1875, the defendant met one B. G. Hamly, in the city of Greenville, and asked him if he wanted to buy some whiskey. Hamly said that he did, and would get something to put it in.
Decided 1876-03-01
¶1The opinion of the Court was delivered by
¶2The circumstances of this case are precisely like those in that of the State vs. The Same Person, tried at the ■■ same term of the Court, except here the defendant did not set up and rest his defense upon an alibi, as the defendant did in that ease.
¶3The motion for a new trial must be dismissed.