Blount v. State

1. Under the facts of this case it does not appear that the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to grant a continuance on account of the absence of one of the defendant’s witnesses (his daughter) ; for upon the hearing of the motion it was shown that testimony as to the facts expected to be elicited from the absent witness could be had from other witnesses then present (also his children), and upon-the trial the same facts were testified to by the other witnesses. Penal Code, §§ 987, 992. Under such circumstances a motion for continuance may sometimes be overruled without an abuse…