Monroe v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Conviction was had in this case for violating the local option law.

When the case was called for trial appellant made a motion to continue the case on account of the absence of his attorney. That the absent attorney telegraphed from Fort Worth to another firm of attorneys at Georgetown that he was very sick, requesting them to take charge of his cases in court, stating that he would be home on the night of Tune 1, and that said attorneys believing the absent attorney would be at home on the night of June 1 had not had sufficient opportunity to make preparations to try…