Territory of Arizona v. Dooley
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the County of Pima. W- H. Barnes, Judge.
1Per curiam
Defendant-appellant was indicted and tried in the county of Pima for an assault with intent to murder. The first assignment of error was that the court refused to grant a continuance. The affidavits do not state that he expected at any time to procure the testimony of the witnesses. With such an uncertainty, a criminal case ought not to be continued. A continuance in a criminal action rests in the sound discretion of the court, and will not be reversed except in cases manifestly arbitrary and unjust. Brown v. State, 85 Tenn. 439, 2 S. W. 895.
The second assignment of error is the refusal of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1887
3Cited by12 opinions
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