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STATE v. WRIGHT

17094

228 S.C. 432 (1955)

90 S.E.2d 492

THE STATE, Respondent, v. SAMUEL WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Morgan, Esq., of Orangeburg, for Appellant.

Julian S. Wolfe, Esq., Solicitor, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

S. Morgan, Esq., of Orangeburg, for Appellant, in reply.

December 5, 1955.

STUKES, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the axe-murder of Mrs. Mary Lee Stroman which occurred in her Orangeburg home on the night of February 26, 1955. Her husband, sitting with her viewing television, was seriously wounded at the same time.

Appellant's grandmother was the long-time house servant of the Stromans and lived in a garage apartment in the yard of their home. She testified for the State that appellant, who was twenty...

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