Brannan v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for felony theft, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was charged with the theft of two bales of cotton which disappeared from a cotton yard in Abbott, Hill County, Texas, between March 9 and 12, 1926, and were discovered on March 12 at a compress in Waco, some twenty-five miles from Abbott.

Appellant sought a continuance because of the absence of his wife. No question of diligence arises. Complaint of the refusal to continue or postpone the case is made in three bills of exception, neither of which appears to be qualified. The affidavit of the absent…