44 S.C. 357 | S.C. | 1895
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The defendant was indicted of grand larceny at the January, 1895, term of the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County. The stolen property consisted of a buggy, harness, and laprobe, the property of B. D. Blowers, which was alleged to have been stolen in September, 1893. In November, 1894, the stolen property was found in the possession of one Hasting Gist, the brother-in-law of Wallace. Gist said at first that it belonged to his mother, Lizzie Gist, after-wards he said it belonged to John Wallace. Lizzie Gist at first claimed the property, but afterwards said it belonged to Wallace. In his examination, Hasting Gist said that his mother had another buggy. On cross-examination defendants counsel asked: * * * “Q. Where did your mother get that second buggy you say she had? A. She got it from Chris Gossett. Q..
It is the judgment of this court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed, and a new trial granted.