State v. Donohue

The first claim of error presented by appellants is in refusing their motion for reasonable continuance to allow time for the production of a witness named Summers, as a witness for the defense. An examination of the record discloses that there is no ground to believe that the trial court abused its discretion in denying such continuance.

The second complaint is that the court refused to give appellants’ requested instruction relating to the presumption arising from possession of liquor.

The court did give the ordinary instruction that possession of liquor was prima facie evidence of intent to…