Roberson v. Quave

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court denying the prayer of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and directing appellee to deliver appellant to the sheriff of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, to answer a charge of armed robbery in that state.

The appellant contends that the trial judge erred in failing to continue the hearing to a later date. The petition for habeas corpus was filed April 25, 1950, and the matter was then set for hearing on May 15, 1950. It was continued, however, and set by agreement of all parties for hearing on June 29, 1950, on which date witnesses from…