Hart v. State

1. Motions for continuance are addressed to the sound legal discretion, of the court, an'd where a motion for continuance is based upon the ground that a party’s leading counsel is physically unable to render the services he contracted to perform, but still the counsel referred to is present in court and under the observation of the trial judge, the discretion of the judge in overruling the motion will not be disturbed, when it appears that after the overruling of the motion for continuance, the counsel on account of whose illness the continuance was sought was able to remain in court and…