Morse v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court at Law number Two of Harris County. Appeal from a Conviction of keeping a disorderly house; penalty : a fine of $200 and thirty days confinement in the county Jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
Conviction was for keeping a disorderly house. An application for continuance based upon the absence of certain witnesses was made.
The prosecution began on the 9th of September, the trial on the 19th of that month; all of the witnesses named in the application resided in the City of Houston, Harris County, where the trial took place. One of the witnesses, however, was temporarily in McLennan County. The subpoenas were applied for on the 15th and issued on the 16th day of September. No reason is stated for not applying for them at an earlier date, and this fact alone discloses an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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