Lewis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Continuance. Before Judge Fish. Macon superior court. November term, 1891. S. T. Lewis was convicted of gaming in Macon county. Ilis exception is to the overruling of bis motion for a continuance on account of the absence of witnesses G. S. Oliver and J. D. Barfield.
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Criminal law. Continuance. Before Judge Fish. Macon superior court. November term, 1891. S. T. Lewis was convicted of gaming in Macon county. Ilis exception is to the overruling of bis motion for a continuance on account of the absence of witnesses G. S. Oliver and J. D. Barfield. The indictment was found at the November term, and it charged the offence to have been committed on the 4th of October, 1891. On Wednesday, November 11th, the sheriff notified the defendant that the indictment had been preferred, and that he had a warrant for defendant’s arrest; and told him to come over and give…
1Opinion of the Court
*803 Judgment affirmed.
The court, in overruling the motion, announced that the defendant had not used proper diligence to have Oliver and Barfield subpoenaed, and'that the evidence showed they had not been subpoenaed; and for this reason overruled the motion. J. M. DuPree and J. ~W. Haygood, for plaintiff’ in error. O. B. Hudson, solicitor-general, contra.
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