Hazel v. State

The appellant, Marvin Hazel, was indicted by tlie grand jury of Miller County on the 7th day of June, 1927, charged with the crime of selling-liquor. He entered a plea of not guilty, was tried by a jury, found guilty, and his punishment fixed at one year in the State Penitentiary, and he has appealed to this court to reverse said judgment.

When the case was called for trial in' the circuit court, the defendant, who is the appellant here, filed a motion for continuance on account of the absence of witnesses Jeff Sams, Calvin Massey, and Ed Garrett. In the trial, however, witnesses Jeff Sams and…