In the event of an appeal, the municipal judge shall make a return to the court of general sessions, and the appeal shall be heard by the presiding judge upon such return. The return of the municipal judge shall consist of a written report of the charges preferred, the testimony, the proceedings and the sentence or judgment. When the testimony has been taken by a reporter as provided herein, the return shall include the reporter’s transcript of the testimony. The return shall be filed with the clerk of the court of general sessions of the county held and the cause shall be docketed for trial in the same manner as is now provided for appeals from magistrate’s courts. There shall be no trial de novo on any appeal from a municipal court.
(Ord. 92-9, passed 12-3-1992)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see S.C. Code § 14-25-105