Kimberly v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of assault and battery, from city court of Eastman - — Judge Griffin. Augtst 33, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
1. The trial judge may properly overrule a motion for a continuance, even where all the statutory requirements for procuring the presence of a witness who is absent have apparently been complied with, if a counter-showing has been made by which it is satisfactorily made to appear to him that the real purpose of the continuance is merely to secure delay. The credibility of witnesses introduced in sup-' port of a motion for continuance, and upon a counter-showing thereto, respectively, is to be determined by the trial judge, and his discretion *853in refusing a continuance, where a counter-showing…
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