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HARRIS v. SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 76.

338 U.S. 68 (1949)

HARRIS v. SOUTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian B. Salley, Jr. and Leonard A. Williamson argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

B. D. Carter argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John M. Daniel, Attorney General of South Carolina.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE MURPHY and MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE join.

On Sunday morning, April 28, 1946, Edward L. Bennett and his wife were killed in their store in Aiken County, South Carolina. Bennett's last words were, "A big negro shot me and robbed me." Petitioner, Harris, age twenty-five, a slightly built Negro, was subsequently indicted in the Court of...

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