Buchanan v. State

GkieeiN Smith, Chief Justice.

On a jury’s verdict of guilty, appellant was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary for keeping a gambling’ house. Ark. Stats. (1947), § 41-2001. Errors alleged are (a) abuse of discretion in refusing a continuance; (b) acceptance of disqualified jurors; (c) admission of incompetent testimony without limiting its scope; (d) improper exclusion of testimony; (e) insufficiency of the evidence.

Buchanan is a partial paralytic and has been for many years. His lower extremities are without muscular control and a wheelchair is used for locomotion. For a long…