Howard v. State

The defendant was accused of a violation of the prohibition law, and upon conviction moved for a new trial upon the general grounds, and also because a motion for a continuance was overruled. Upon the showing for a continuance the defendant testified that she had an absent witness, Will Brown, who lived in Washington county, — that is, he “did live” on the plantation of one Charlie Bawlings, about three miles from Sandersville; she did not know where he was at the time of the trial. She stated that she expected to prove by the absent witness that Iial Matthews, the State’s witness, did not…