Watts v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Frank Watts was convicted of seduction, and appeals. The defendant was charged with seducing Billa Jones, by means of arts, flattery, deception, and promise of marriage, and the facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Frank Watts was convicted of seduction, and appeals. The defendant was charged with seducing Billa Jones, by means of arts, flattery, deception, and promise of marriage, and the facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The bill of exceptions recites that, the defendant’s witnesses being called, certain ones were absent, and the defendant moved the court for a continuance upon that ground; the court refused the continuance, but placed the state on a showing as to what these absent witnesses would testify; the state admitted…
1Opinion of the Court
PELHAM, J.-
No abuse of the court’s discretion is shown by the statements set out in the bill of exceptions relating to the court’s refusing to grant the defendant a continuance on account of the absence of some of his witnesses. No motion or request of any kind is shown to have been made for compulsory process to require the attendance of any of these witnesses, and the state admitted the prepared statements of the defendant as to what the witnesses Avould testify, if present.
The court had a right to excuse the juror Fowler from further attendance upon the court, and permit him to go home…
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