Pyburn v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Continuance. Practice. "Witness. Evidence. Res gestae. Before Judge Milner. Bade superior court. March term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
John Pyburn was indicted for the offence of murder, in that he killed and murdered one Jasper Frost. He was put upon his trial and found guilty. He moved the court for a new trial upon the several grounds which were overruled.
1. One of the grounds of error is, that the court erred in refusing to grant a continuance of the case upon the motion of the plaintiff in error. The plaintiff in error showed that he had caused a subpoena to be put in the hands of an officer for one Liderman; that Liderman lived within the jurisdiction of the court, and was temporarily absent from…
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