State v. Bruce

Supreme Court of South Carolina

State v. Bruce

136 S.E. 29, 138 S.C. 96, 1926 S.C. LEXIS 222

CourtSupreme Court of South Carolina

DecidedDecember 9, 1926

Docket12119

StatusPublished

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State v. Bruce, 136 S.E. 29, 138 S.C. 96, 1926 S.C. LEXIS 222 (S.C. 1926).

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts..

“The appellant, herein called' defendant, was tried and convicted at the May, 1926, term of Court of General Sessions at Anderson of an alleged violation of the State prohibition law, and sentenced to three months at hard labor upon the public works of Anderson County or for a like period in the State penitentiary. The appeal from this judgment is based upon three exceptions. The exceptions impute error in the Court below in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty for the defendant on the second count in the indictment, charging him with transporting liquor, when there was no testimony to show that he did transport liquor, as charged in the indictment and as fixed by statute. It is respectfully contended that the Court was in error in refus *98 ing to charge defendant’s request as follows: ‘That the mere removing of alcoholic liquor from one place to another on one’s own premises is not transporting liquor, as the law contemplates. There must be a delivery or a contemplated delivery in order to constitute the offense of transporting.’ ”

These exceptions must be overruled, as there was a conflict of evidence between state witnesses and defendant as to the transportation of the liquor. The state witnesses testified that the defendant did carry between the church and schoolhouse. The defendant claimed he never left his premises.

That was a question of fact properly left by his Honor for the jury to determine, and the jury decided against the defendant. We see no- error on the part of his Honor, as complained of by the exceptions.

Exception 3 is overruled because on objection of defendant’s counsel the objection was sustained by his Honor.

All exceptions are overruled and judgment affirmed.

Messrs. Justices Cothran, BufasB, and Stabufr and Mr. Acting Associate Justice Ramagb concur.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts..

“The appellant, herein called' defendant, was tried and convicted at the May, 1926, term of Court of General Sessions at Anderson of an alleged violation of the State prohibition law, and sentenced to three months at hard labor upon the public works of Anderson County or for a like period in the State penitentiary. The appeal from this judgment is based upon three exceptions. The exceptions impute error in the Court below in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty for the defendant on the second count in the indictment, charging him with transporting liquor, when there was no testimony to show that he did transport liquor, as charged in the indictment and as fixed by statute. It is respectfully contended that the Court was in error in refus *98 ing to charge defendant’s request as follows: ‘That the mere removing of alcoholic liquor from one place to another on one’s own premises is not transporting liquor, as the law contemplates. There must be a delivery or a contemplated delivery in order to constitute the offense of transporting.’ ”

These exceptions must be overruled, as there was a conflict of evidence between state witnesses and defendant as to the transportation of the liquor. The state witnesses testified that the defendant did carry between the church and schoolhouse. The defendant claimed he never left his premises.

That was a question of fact properly left by his Honor for the jury to determine, and the jury decided against the defendant. We see no- error on the part of his Honor, as complained of by the exceptions.

Exception 3 is overruled because on objection of defendant’s counsel the objection was sustained by his Honor.

All exceptions are overruled and judgment affirmed.

Messrs. Justices Cothran, BufasB, and Stabufr and Mr. Acting Associate Justice Ramagb concur.

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136 S.E. 29, 138 S.C. 96, 1926 S.C. LEXIS 222, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-bruce-sc-1926.