Dodson v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

He insists that the court erred in refusing his second application for continuance. Attached to the bill presenting this matter is the following explanation by the court: “The case having been continued for the term once before on application of defendant because of the nonattendance of witness Charles Van Zandt, for whom process had been taken out by the State but not by defendant, and returned not served, witness not found. The State…