S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-520
Magistrates shall have and exercise within their respective counties all the powers, authority and jurisdiction in criminal cases herein set forth.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-61; 1952 Code SECTION 43-61; 1942 Code SECTION 922; 1932 Code SECTION 922; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 18; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 19; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 11; G. S. 822; R. S. 10; 1870 (14) 402.