Cox v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crimes of burglary and grand larceny in Searcy County, Arkansas. The indictment charged that the offense was committed January 1, 1931. He was in-dieted on the 10th day of February, 1931, and the case was called for trial on the 12th day of February, 1931. When the case was called for trial, the appellant filed a motion for a continuance until the next regular term of court, or that the case be postponed until 30 days after March l'2th. He alleged as a cause for continuance “that W. U. McCabe, a member of the Arkansas Legislature now in…