Bosley v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of seduction and allotted two years in the penitentiary.

There is one question in the case which, we are of opinion, should reverse the judgment. Appellant filed application for a continuance. Two of the absent witnesses were in the service in France during the late war, and were so situated their evidence could not be obtained. If what is alleged could be proved by them it is of the most material character as it bore directly upon the chastity of the girl alleged to have been seduced. No diligence could have secured their testimony. Where…