Gavan v. Ellsworth
Supreme Court of Georgia
Continuance. Witness. Evidence. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1871. In 1869, in an alley between the National Hotel and the Norcoss building, Atlanta, Ellsworth received certain blows upon his head, which, he supposed, were inflicted by John Gavan. Gavan was arrested, charged with an assault with intent to murder Ellsworth. One of the Justices who presided at the commitment trial was Thomas Spencer, Esq.
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Continuance. Witness. Evidence. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1871. In 1869, in an alley between the National Hotel and the Norcoss building, Atlanta, Ellsworth received certain blows upon his head, which, he supposed, were inflicted by John Gavan. Gavan was arrested, charged with an assault with intent to murder Ellsworth. One of the Justices who presided at the commitment trial was Thomas Spencer, Esq. The Justices directed one Holmes to take down the evidence, and he did so. But, for his own convenience, Spencer also took down the evidence in short-hand, and…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. We do not think it was error in the Court to refuse the continuance. Necessarily continuances must vest largely in the discretion of the Court, and the facts in this case show the propriety of the rule. Evidently the Judge was led, from, the contradictory statements made in the showing, to discredit it, and to think the motion to continue a mere pretext for delay. We cannot say he was not justified in this conclusion. He was an eye witness and ear witness of what took place, and there is enough of the scene transmitted into the bill of exceptions to make us suspect more.
2. As…
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