Supreme Court of South Carolina November 15, 1817 (Ward v. Tyler)

*The opinion of the Oourt was delivered by

Oolcook, J.-

By the second section of the third article of the constitution of this State, it is declared, that “ all prosecutions shall be carried on by the authority and in the name of the State of South Carolina.” (P. L. App. 43.)1 'The proceeding, by information, is always a prosecution of a criminal nature, and not a civil process, (4 Black. Com. ch.