State v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The defendant was indicted for the crime of shooting with intent to commit murder, found guilty of shooting with intent to kill, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years, and from that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The only ground on which he seeks relief is the alleged unconstitutionality of Act 84 of 1894.

The record discloses that the defendant’s counsel applied for a continuance on account of the absence of a material witness, and that the trial judge refused to grant the application because the State…