If a person on his trial be acquitted upon the ground of a variance between the indictment and the proof or upon an exception to the form or substance of the indictment he may be arraigned again on a new indictment and tried and convicted for the same offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-30
Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense
1962 Code SECTION 17-503; 1952 Code SECTION 17-503; 1942 Code SECTION 998; 1932 Code SECTION 998; Cr
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