May 25, 1834

CHARLESTON, South Carolina

Law, Military, court case, charleston, sc

In the spring of 1834, the South Carolina court of appeals heard numerous cases none more prominent than a case on Military law determining whether newly appointed Lieutenant Edward McCready’s rights were infringed upon when he was denied commission by a superior officer, Colonel Benjamin F. Hunt.  Presiding over the cases at Law argued and determined in the Court of Appeals of South Carolina at...