Bucklew v. State

Bucklew was convicted of grand larceny. The stolen property consisted of a cow and calf.

The trial court overruled his motion for a continuance. He says that was reversible error. The crime occurred around midnight August 9, 1952. He was arrested August 10th. His motion for continuance was filed December 15, 1952. He was put to trial the same day. The grounds of his motion were he was suffering from prostate gland and heart trouble and he needed an operation for the first, and rest for the second, trouble, and he was not physically able to stand trial; that he had made arrangements to have the…