State v. Olds
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — -Row. Wm. R. Martin, Judge. (1) The court committed error in refusing to grant the continuance'prayed for by defendant. There was no reason why defendant should have been forced to go to- trial at that time. He had only been arraigned at the regular March term, 1908, of said court, the information having been filed in February. The law does not look with favor upon such haste as was had in this case.
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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — -Row. Wm. R. Martin, Judge. (1) The court committed error in refusing to grant the continuance'prayed for by defendant. There was no reason why defendant should have been forced to go to- trial at that time. He had only been arraigned at the regular March term, 1908, of said court, the information having been filed in February. The law does not look with favor upon such haste as was had in this case. No objection was made to the sufficiency of the application from a statutory standpoint. Secs. 2559-2560', R. S. 1899; State v. DeWitt, 152 Mo. 76 ; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On the 8th day of February, 1908, the prosecuting attorney of Cole county ¡filed an information, duly verified, charging defendant, under section 2201, Revised Statutes 1899, with displaying the sign of an honest occupation upon a common assignation and bawdy house, of which defendant is charged by the information to have been the keeper.
On March the 4th, 1908, defendant made an unsuccessful application for a continuance, and the case was set for April 13, 1908. On that date defendant again applied for a continuance, alleging, as grounds, the absence of several witnesses. The court refused a…
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