Rivers v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandedge

Affirming.

Appellant, Webster Rivers, was found guilty of mur-der by a jury of'tbe Carter circuit -court and bis punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. He prosecutes this appeal seeking to reverse the judgment entered in conformity with that verdict for the various reasons hereinafter discussed.

It is earnestly insisted that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance. The homicide appears to have been committed on October 25, 1924. Appellant does not appear to have been indicted until April 8,…