Bowman v. State

Roberts, Chief Justice.

One of the errors assigned is, that the court erred in overruling the application of defendant for a continuance.

The facts sought to be shown by the absent witnesses, for whose evidence the continuance was desired, are, that his co-defendant was seen in possession of the horses on "Tuesday of the week they were alleged to have been stolen, and that on that day defendant left his father’s, in Tar-rant county, and went to Dallas county, after a lame horse he had left there, together with other facts tending to show that if his co-defendant, Shockley, stole the horses, he…