State v. Ward

The defendant appeals to this court, having been convicted in the trial court of murder in the first degree. Annie Lewis is the name of the person he is charged with having murdered.

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The ruling was correct which denied defendant’s mo*254tion for a further continuance. Pie had previously obtained two continuances, and the third application disclosed none of that diligence which the law requires. The cause was set for May 17th, 1880, yet notwithstanding the fact of two continuances having been granted, no steps were taken and no subpcenas issued preparatory to the coming trial till May 10th, but…