Terms Used In South Carolina Code 17-7-30

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
The evidence and the finding of the officer on such preliminary examination shall be filed in the clerk’s office of the county, the finding to be that deceased came to death (a) from natural cause, (b) at his own hand, (c) from an act of God or (d) from mischance, without blame on the part of another person.