State v. Demoss

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The information in this case charged Martin Peters, N. C. Binford and the appellant with maintaining a common nuisance in violation of the prohibitory liquor law. Peters and Binford are fugitives from justice, having avoided arrest. From a conviction appellant appeals and assigns several errors, but relies chiefly upon two: The refusal of the Court to grant him a continuance, and the denying of the motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict and judgment are not sustained by the evidence.

The application for a continuance recited…