94 S.C. 323
77 S.E 1027
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 14, 1913
Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1913-04-14
Before Memminger, J., Oconee, March term, 1913. Indictment against Ernest Mulwee for murder of Sam Hyde. Defendant appeals. Law changing kind and place of punishment after crime is an ex post facto law: 8. Cyc. 1030; 38 Pac. 816.
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Affirmed · Decided 1913-04-14
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¶1 The opinion of the Court was delivered by
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¶3 Defendant appealed from sentence of death by electrocution, upon conviction of murder. The first ground taken is ruled by Malloy’s case, 95 S. C. The only other ground is that the Court erred in explaining- to the jury the difference between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. The defendant having been convicted of murder, the error was immaterial.
¶4 Affirmed.