Jones v. State

The plaintiff in error, Alex Jones, was convicted at the Fall term of the Circuit Court of Columbia County, A. D. 1901, of an assault with intent to commit murder, and brings his case here by writ of error.

The first, assignment of error is that the court erx*ed in refusing to grant a continuance on defendant’s application. The application was made on the ground of absence of a material witness, one W. G. Shealy, and an affidavit of the defendant was filed that the said Shealy had been subpoenaed at the instance of defendant and was in atendance at a previous term of court in response to the…