Yates v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for assault and battery; from Decatur superior court —Judge Cox. August 14, 1915. Jim Yates (the plaintiff in'error) was indicted and tried jointly with Jesse Yates, for assault and battery.
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Indictment for assault and battery; from Decatur superior court —Judge Cox. August 14, 1915. Jim Yates (the plaintiff in'error) was indicted and tried jointly with Jesse Yates, for assault and battery. The indictment was filed May 10, 1915, and the case was called for trial and tried May 17, 1915. One of the grounds of the motion for a new trial is as follows: “That the defendants should have a new trial because the court overruled the motion of defendants to postpone the hearing of said case until the 18th of May, upon the grounds that the defendants had two witnesses, Will Gray and Ed…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
Under the particular facts of this case, as shown by the record, the refusal of the court to grant a postponement of the cause for one day, as requested by counsel for the accused, was error.
Ju,dgmeni reversed.
A. JE. Thornton, for plaintiff in error. B. 0. Bell, solicitor-general, F. A. Hooper, contra.
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