Bush v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

-Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting appellant of seduction, and fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

The principal grounds urged for reversal are the denial of a continuance, alleged errors in the instructions and the refusal to grant a new trial for newly discovered evidence.'

In support of his motion for a continuance, defendant filed his affid.avit alleging the absence of his witnesses, Gibson, Long and Chism. The attendance of Chism was coerced, but he was not introduced, and consideration of his…