Simonds v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft of seventy-four head of goats and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary, and from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

It is made to appear from the record that when the case was called for triál the State announced ready, when appellant filed a motion asking for continuance of the cause on the ground that his principal attorney, Hon. Will A. Morriss, was unable to attend court, setting forth that Mr. Morriss was more familiar with the facts in issue and with the witnesses and parties, and specially alleging…