Gum v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

—Affirming.

Having been jointly indicted with three others, the appellant, Bill Gum, was separately tried and convicted of the crime of robbery and sentenced to serve two years in the state reformatory.

The first ground relied on for reversal is that the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance, and, if wrong in that contention, he was entitled to have the absent witnesses’ alleged testimony read in full to the jury. The affidavit filed in support of the motion for continuance recited the testimony which if they had been present…