Cliff v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Jones County of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

There are two bills of exception in the record, one complaining of the overruling of appellant’s motion to quash the indictment, and the other presenting his objection to the court’s refusal of a continuance.

The continuance was sought for the absence of John Miller who was alleged to have gone out of the State since he was served with a subpoena. In regard to this it appears from the testimony of Miller’s father, who was…