Watson Granted a New Trial
The Supreme Court, Wednesday in the case of the state vs. Oliver H. Watson, charged with the murder of T.E. Gregory, in which Watson was convicted, by a Kershaw county jury, of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy and sentenced by Judge Gage to a term of four years in the state penitentiary, by a unanimous opinion, granted the defendant a new trial. In the trial of the case the defendant was Represented by Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. The state, beside Solicitor Cobb, was represented by Hon. M.L. Smith, E.D. Blakeney and Hon. Copeland Massey. The appeal was based upon several grounds, the main one being error on the part of the trial judge in charging the law of self defense correctly. The argument of Messrs. Williams & Williams, which we had the pleasure of reading and which was presented to the Supreme Court by D. Reece Williams, the junior member of the firm, was not only able but convincing upon the errors committed by the trial judge in his charge on the law of self defense. The case will be remanded to the circuit court for Kershaw county for a new trial.
The Lancaster News - May 16, 1913 - Provided by: Catoe4
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O.H. Watson Acquitted
Was Defended by Williams & Williams
Oliver H. Watson, who was tired the second time at Camden on Friday last, on a charge of murder, for the killing of Ed Gregory, was found not guilty by the jury. His attorneys were Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. Solicitor Cobb was assisted in the prosecution by Speaker Mendel L. Smith.
On the first trial Mr. Watson was convicted of manslaughter, but an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the state and a new trial was granted.
The Lancaster News - Nov. 17, 1914 - Provided by: Catoe4
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Note by book: Murder and Mayhem in Old Kershaw:
The new trial was continually deferred on the motion of the defense until fall term, 1914, when a jury with J.F. Baker as its foreman found Watson not guilty, more than two years after Ed Gregory's death. An order of discharge was issued on Nov 13, 1914. Watson died in 1925 with Gregory's bullet still in him.
The Supreme Court, Wednesday in the case of the state vs. Oliver H. Watson, charged with the murder of T.E. Gregory, in which Watson was convicted, by a Kershaw county jury, of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy and sentenced by Judge Gage to a term of four years in the state penitentiary, by a unanimous opinion, granted the defendant a new trial. In the trial of the case the defendant was Represented by Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. The state, beside Solicitor Cobb, was represented by Hon. M.L. Smith, E.D. Blakeney and Hon. Copeland Massey. The appeal was based upon several grounds, the main one being error on the part of the trial judge in charging the law of self defense correctly. The argument of Messrs. Williams & Williams, which we had the pleasure of reading and which was presented to the Supreme Court by D. Reece Williams, the junior member of the firm, was not only able but convincing upon the errors committed by the trial judge in his charge on the law of self defense. The case will be remanded to the circuit court for Kershaw county for a new trial.
The Lancaster News - May 16, 1913 - Provided by: Catoe4
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O.H. Watson Acquitted
Was Defended by Williams & Williams
Oliver H. Watson, who was tired the second time at Camden on Friday last, on a charge of murder, for the killing of Ed Gregory, was found not guilty by the jury. His attorneys were Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. Solicitor Cobb was assisted in the prosecution by Speaker Mendel L. Smith.
On the first trial Mr. Watson was convicted of manslaughter, but an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the state and a new trial was granted.
The Lancaster News - Nov. 17, 1914 - Provided by: Catoe4
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Note by book: Murder and Mayhem in Old Kershaw:
The new trial was continually deferred on the motion of the defense until fall term, 1914, when a jury with J.F. Baker as its foreman found Watson not guilty, more than two years after Ed Gregory's death. An order of discharge was issued on Nov 13, 1914. Watson died in 1925 with Gregory's bullet still in him.
Watson Granted a New Trial
The Supreme Court, Wednesday in the case of the state vs. Oliver H. Watson, charged with the murder of T.E. Gregory, in which Watson was convicted, by a Kershaw county jury, of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy and sentenced by Judge Gage to a term of four years in the state penitentiary, by a unanimous opinion, granted the defendant a new trial. In the trial of the case the defendant was Represented by Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. The state, beside Solicitor Cobb, was represented by Hon. M.L. Smith, E.D. Blakeney and Hon. Copeland Massey. The appeal was based upon several grounds, the main one being error on the part of the trial judge in charging the law of self defense correctly. The argument of Messrs. Williams & Williams, which we had the pleasure of reading and which was presented to the Supreme Court by D. Reece Williams, the junior member of the firm, was not only able but convincing upon the errors committed by the trial judge in his charge on the law of self defense. The case will be remanded to the circuit court for Kershaw county for a new trial.
The Lancaster News - May 16, 1913 - Provided by: Catoe4
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O.H. Watson Acquitted
Was Defended by Williams & Williams
Oliver H. Watson, who was tired the second time at Camden on Friday last, on a charge of murder, for the killing of Ed Gregory, was found not guilty by the jury. His attorneys were Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. Solicitor Cobb was assisted in the prosecution by Speaker Mendel L. Smith.
On the first trial Mr. Watson was convicted of manslaughter, but an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the state and a new trial was granted.
The Lancaster News - Nov. 17, 1914 - Provided by: Catoe4
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Note by book: Murder and Mayhem in Old Kershaw:
The new trial was continually deferred on the motion of the defense until fall term, 1914, when a jury with J.F. Baker as its foreman found Watson not guilty, more than two years after Ed Gregory's death. An order of discharge was issued on Nov 13, 1914. Watson died in 1925 with Gregory's bullet still in him.
The Supreme Court, Wednesday in the case of the state vs. Oliver H. Watson, charged with the murder of T.E. Gregory, in which Watson was convicted, by a Kershaw county jury, of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy and sentenced by Judge Gage to a term of four years in the state penitentiary, by a unanimous opinion, granted the defendant a new trial. In the trial of the case the defendant was Represented by Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. The state, beside Solicitor Cobb, was represented by Hon. M.L. Smith, E.D. Blakeney and Hon. Copeland Massey. The appeal was based upon several grounds, the main one being error on the part of the trial judge in charging the law of self defense correctly. The argument of Messrs. Williams & Williams, which we had the pleasure of reading and which was presented to the Supreme Court by D. Reece Williams, the junior member of the firm, was not only able but convincing upon the errors committed by the trial judge in his charge on the law of self defense. The case will be remanded to the circuit court for Kershaw county for a new trial.
The Lancaster News - May 16, 1913 - Provided by: Catoe4
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O.H. Watson Acquitted
Was Defended by Williams & Williams
Oliver H. Watson, who was tired the second time at Camden on Friday last, on a charge of murder, for the killing of Ed Gregory, was found not guilty by the jury. His attorneys were Williams & Williams of the Lancaster bar. Solicitor Cobb was assisted in the prosecution by Speaker Mendel L. Smith.
On the first trial Mr. Watson was convicted of manslaughter, but an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the state and a new trial was granted.
The Lancaster News - Nov. 17, 1914 - Provided by: Catoe4
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Note by book: Murder and Mayhem in Old Kershaw:
The new trial was continually deferred on the motion of the defense until fall term, 1914, when a jury with J.F. Baker as its foreman found Watson not guilty, more than two years after Ed Gregory's death. An order of discharge was issued on Nov 13, 1914. Watson died in 1925 with Gregory's bullet still in him.
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