Brooks v. State

The only question presented by the record in this, case is whether the court erred in refusing to continue the trial of the defendant’s case for one day in order to enable him to procure the attendance of two witnesses by whom he claimed he could disprove-the charge against him. The defendant in his showing for a continuance proved, that one John Williams was absent, and that the witness lived in the county; that he could prove by the witness, Williams, that said Williams was present when the State’s witness, Mr. Lunsford, claimed to have bought whisky from him; that he expected to prove by…