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STATE v. BYRD

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229 S.C. 593 (1956)

93 S.E.2d 900

THE STATE, Respondent, v. HAROLD BYRD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Horace L. Bomar, James B. Stephen and Roy M. Smith, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Messrs. J. Allen Lambright, Solicitor, and J. Wright Nash, Assistant Solicitor, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

July 12, 1956.

OXNER, Justice.

Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Curtis Ross on January 22, 1955, appellant, a Negro about 23 years of age, was tried at the June, 1955, term of the Court of General Sessions of Spartanburg County, found guilty and sentenced to death by electrocution.

About 7:00 p. m. on Saturday, January 22, 1955, deceased, a Negro taxi driver, went to a home in a rural section...

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