Lunce v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming.

Mart Lunce was jointly indicted with Jim Young and John Lunce for a criminal offense committed upon the person of Jennie Lawson. On a separate trial, Mart Lunce was convicted and a sentence of 10 years ’ imprisonment in the penientiary imposed upon him. The circuit court refused to grant him a new trial, and he has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

His first insistence is that he was improperly denied a continuance requested when he was put upon trial. The record shows that his application for a continuance was refused, but no exception was taken…