Welch v. State

1. In this conviction for murder, with life imprisonment, the general grounds of the motion for new trial, being neither argued nor insisted upon, will be treated as abandoned.

2. The court did not err in refusing a continuance because of the absence of an alleged material witness for the defendant in support of his statement to the jury that he shot the deceased in self-defense, since it appears that a subpoena for the witness was not delivered to the sheriff until the day of the trial, although the defendant had full time and opportunity to procure the presence of the witness, and failed to…