McKenzie v. State

The defendant was convicted of sodomy. In the first special ground of the motion for new trial he contends that “the court erred in the trial of said case, and during the trial of the same, in refusing to continue the case for a reasonable length of time on account of the absence of his leading counsel, Willis Smith, the following motion having been made: Mr. Andrews [assistant counsel for the.defendant]: Tf the court please, I wish to make a motion to continue the case because Mr. Smith, who is leading counsel in the case, has been injured in an automobile accident and is not able to…