Morris v. State

In this case the only assignment of error is on the order overruling the certiorari which complained that the judge abused his discretion in denying the motion of the defendant for a continuance based on the ground of the absence of two material witnesses. It appears that since the pendency of the charges against him the defendant had had several months in which to subpoena the witnesses and insure their attendance at his trial, and that during that time he had made no effort to that end. It does not suffice to extenuate his lack of diligence that he did not know just what the State’s…