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STATE v. BRITT ET AL.

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235 S.C. 395 (1959)

111 S.E.2d 669

STATE, Respondent, v. William Otis BRITT, and Douglas WESTBURY, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 17, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James N. Rahal, of Savannah, Georgia, and Claud N. Sapp, Joseph D. Sapp and Ben M. Sawyer, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant, William Otis Britt.

Messrs. C. Walker Limehouse and Henry R. Sims II, of Orangeburg, for Appellant, Douglas Westbury.

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

December 17, 1959.

MOSS, Justice.

Upon an indictment charging them with the murder of Harry Boyd Ray on September 7, 1958, William Otis Britt and Douglas Westbury, the appellants herein, and Lee von Tilson, were tried at the January, 1959, term of Court of General Sessions for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Tilson was found guilty of murder with recommendation to mercy, and has not appealed his conviction. The...

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