State v. Bethune

Supreme Court of South Carolina

State v. Bethune

78 S.E. 1000, 94 S.C. 443, 1913 S.C. LEXIS 176

CourtSupreme Court of South Carolina

DecidedMay 13, 1913

Docket8544

StatusPublished

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State v. Bethune, 78 S.E. 1000, 94 S.C. 443, 1913 S.C. LEXIS 176 (S.C. 1913).

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Opinion

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods. The defendant, Willie Bethune, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. He appeals on the ground that at the time of the commission of the crime and at the time of his trial, the penalty for murder was death by hanging, and that the statute providing for the infliction of the death penalty by electrocution is ex post facto and unconstitutional as to him. The question was decided against the contention of appel *444 lant by the opinion and. judgment of the Court in the State v. Joe Malloy, 95 S. C.

It is, therefore, the judgment of the Court that the judgment of the Court of General Sessions be affirmed, and the cause remanded to' that Court so- that a new day may be set for the execution of the sentence.

Affirmed.

Mr. Justice Fraser disqualified.

Writ of error to Supreme Court of the United States has been issued in this case. R.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods. The defendant, Willie Bethune, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. He appeals on the ground that at the time of the commission of the crime and at the time of his trial, the penalty for murder was death by hanging, and that the statute providing for the infliction of the death penalty by electrocution is ex post facto and unconstitutional as to him. The question was decided against the contention of appel *444 lant by the opinion and. judgment of the Court in the State v. Joe Malloy, 95 S. C.

It is, therefore, the judgment of the Court that the judgment of the Court of General Sessions be affirmed, and the cause remanded to' that Court so- that a new day may be set for the execution of the sentence.

Affirmed.

Mr. Justice Fraser disqualified.

Writ of error to Supreme Court of the United States has been issued in this case. R.

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78 S.E. 1000, 94 S.C. 443, 1913 S.C. LEXIS 176, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-bethune-sc-1913.