State v. Fox

The defendant was indicted on the 24th day of May, 1883, at the May term, 1883, of the circuit court of Vernon county, for murder in the first degree for killing Thomas Howard on the 19th day of May, 1883. Upon this indictment he was arraigned on the 26th day of May, and on the 27th day of May the court assigned counsel to defend him; on the 28th day of May the case was called for trial when defendant filed a motion, accompanied *110by affidavit, for a continuance of the cause till the next term of the court. Upon hearing this application the court continued the cause till the 6th day of June,…