Smalley v. State

McCORD, Judge.

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the court below of the- offense of bribery and his penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Appellant seeks a reversal complaining that the court below erred in refusing to grant him a continuance. The application for a continuance omits to state whether it is the first, second or third application for a continuance. The judge’s explanation to the bill of exceptions, taken to the action of the court in overruling the application for continuance, states :• “On the hearing of defendant’s motion for new trial the…