Slaughter v. State

HARPER, Judge.

The indictment in this case was returned August 30, 1911. Appellant left Abilene, and his whereabouts was not ascertained until in July, 1914, when he was located at Woodward, Oklahoma, arrested and brought back to Taylor County. This case was called for trial on September 14, 1914, and, on the overruling of his motion for a continuance, he was tried and convicted of seduction, and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the State penitentiary.

The first error relied on is that the court erred in overruling this, his first application for a continuance. After his…