Van Brown v. State

Defendant in this case was indicted, tried and convicted of an assault with intent to murder. On the trial of the case the defendant filed a motion for a continuance, which motion was overruled by the court, and the ruling of the court upon the application for a continuance is the principal ground of complaint in this court.

The reason stated in the application for a continuance was the want of the testimony of three witnesses—named in the application ; and the diligence set out for procuring the testimony was, that he procured a subpoena to be placed in the hands of the sheriff, and that he…