Stevens v. State

Judgment affirmed.

Harrison Stevens and Jim Majors were jointly indicted for tlie murder of J. G. Wells. . They severed; Stevens was tried and convicted, and his motion for a new trial was overruled.

1. Of the grounds of the motion, the first considered is apparent from the first head-note. The killing occurred on Saturday, September 16th, and the trial took place on the 28th of the same month.

*3082. Error in refusing to continue the case on motion of defendant’s counsel, on account of lack of time for preparation, and the recency of the commission of the crime, and the short time since the finding…