Thompson v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The conviction is for knowingly passing a forged instru ment. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant presents two grounds upon which he relies for a reversal of the judgment. The first is that the court erred in overruling his second motion for a continuance. The application was based on the absence of three witnesses. It appears from the record that appellant was indicted on the 27th day of May, 1938. The case was set for trial on June 7th, at which time he applied for a continuance because of the absence of Ernest…