French v. State

Johnson, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). The first insistence is that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance.

It is the well-settled law in this State that continuances are left to the sound discretion of the trial court, and that a refusal to grant a continuance is never ground for a new trial, unless it clearly appears to have been an abuse of such discretion and manifestly operates as a denial of justice. Allison v. State, 74 Ark. 444, 86 S. W. 409; Wood v. State, 159 Ark. 671, 252 S. W. 897.

From the statement of facts it appears that the only material…