Lofton v. State

Indictment against the appellant for the. murder of one John Vogles. Trial, conviction of manslaughter, and judgment over a motion for a new trial.

On the calling of the cause for trial, the defendant filed an affidavit for a continuance. The affidavit seems to contain all the requirements of the law, and states, in substance, that he could not go to a trial at that term on account of the absence of one Margaret Ann Brown, who had, at the previous term, been duly recognized to appear as a witness at that term, but who, from sickness, was unable to attend; that he could prove by said Margaret…