Hudson v. State

The motion for a continuance was addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and the exercise of this discretion is not subject to review except for gross abuse. Centennial Ice Co. v. Mitchell, 215 Ala. 688, 112 So. 239; Continental Casualty Co. v. Ogburn, 186 Ala. 398, 64 So. 619.

In the absence of a showing as to what the testimony of the absent witnesses would be, if present, it cannot be affirmed that the overruling of the motion was prejudicial, or that it was an obvious and palpable abuse of the trial court's discretion. D. S. Pate Lumber Co. v. Davis et al., 215 Ala. 547,112…