Short v. Walters

The only question presented by this appeal is appellant’s contention that the trial court erred in overruling his application for a continuance, which reads as follows;

“Now comes the defendant Joe Short in the above styled and numbered cause, and, being duly sworn,' states that he cannot safely go to trial at this term of court, on account of the absence of R. A. Weaver, who is a witness on behalf of the said defendant; that the testimony of said witness is material to defendant’s defense in this cause, in this, to wit, that defendant’s defense in this suit is that the defendant J. T. Walters…