Burt v. State

Appellant was charged with incest, and his trial resulted in a conviction, and for the reversal of the judgment the only error insisted upon is that the court erred in refusing to grant a continuance for the term on account of the .absence of a witness, Mrs. May Bradford. ■

The motion for continuance recited that this witness was present when the alleged offense was committed, and that she could see and did see the defendant at the time of the alleged commission of the offense, and knew that he did not commit the crime charged. The motion recited that this witness had 'been subpoenaed, but was…