Wallen v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Reversing.

Appellant was indicted in the Wayne circuit court for the offense of unlawfully having intoxicating liquors in his possession. When the case was called for trial the defendant moved for a continuance upon the ground that he desired to be present at the trial and testify, but that he was- prevented from being present by reason of being confined under a judgment of the Clinton circuit court in the case of the Commonwealth against him, charged with a misdemeanor. Clinton county adjoins Wayne and is in the same circuit court district. The…