Williams v. State

Hutcheson, Justice.

Joe Williams was tried for the offense of murder, and was convicted. Upon the call of the case for trial, the defendant urged his motion for continuance, complaining that he had been removed to a jail in a distant city and therefore was unable to confer with or talk to his lawyer to the extent that was necessary to properly prepare his case; that such removal was ordered on account of bias, prejudice, and threats said to have been made against him shortly after the offense occurred; and further, that his daughter was in bad health, and his trial at this time would cause her…