State v. Gaubert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The defendant was indicted for forgery in one count and for publishing and uttering a certain forged promissory note in a second count. The jury returned a verdict of guilty; he was sentenced to serve three years at hard labor. Prom the sentence and judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The defendant in the first place complains of the ruling refusing *1693to grant him a continuance. The narrative of the trial judge embodied in the bill of exceptions shows that one of the defendant’s witnesses had not been served with a subpoena because of an…