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STATE v. GRIGGS

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218 S.C. 86 (1950)

61 S.E.2d 653

STATE v. GRIGGS.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 27, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Matthew Poliakoff, Frank Bostick and Thomas W. Whiteside, all of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Messrs. Samuel R. Watt, Solicitor, and Horace C. Smith, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

October 27, 1950.

STUKES, Justice.

Appellant operated a roadside restaurant in Spartanburg County. Allegedly undertaking to quell a disturbance among customers, he struck one in or about the face with his fist. The victim fell and the evidence indicates that the back of his head hit a counter, stool or the cement floor, which resulted in a skull fracture from which he died ten days later. Appellant and his witnesses testified that the blow was struck as the...

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