State v. Mansfield

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

The defendant, having been convicted of burglary and sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for six years, has appealed. We have not been favored with any argument, oral or written, in his behalf, but the record presents two bills of exception, and a motion for new trial.

The first bill was to the refusal of the court to grant a continuance, in order to enable the accused to procure the attendance of certain witnesses, named by him, and for whom he had caused subpoenas to issue. From the affidavit made in support of the…