Beck v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Greer county of the crime of unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, and. his punishment fixed by the court at a fine of $350 and imprisonment in the county jail for 60 days.

Defendant complains first that the court erred in overruling his motion for a continuance.

The record discloses that, on the day and before the case was called for trial, defendant filed an affidavit for continuance, setting up that subpoenas had been issued for his witnesses and return duly made “not found,” and setting out what the…