People v. Nolan

From a judgment of conviction of the crime of murder and from an order by which his motion for a new trial was denied, defendant appeals to this court.

Appellant complains that the trial court abused its discretion “in denying appellant a reasonable continuance for his attorney to recover from the illness with which he was confined to his room at the time the trial started’’. In that connection, in substance the facts are that, although on the date when the action was set for trial, by affidavit it appeared that because of his then illness the attorney who represented defendant was unable to…