State v. Sayers
Supreme Court of Missouri
JLppeal from Jasper Circuit Court. cited in argument: St. L. & Iron Mt., R. R. Co. vs. Silver, 56 Mo., 265; Page vs. Kankey, 6 Mo., 433; Brown vs. Burrus, 8 Mo., 26; State vs. Ross, 24 Mo., 475; State vs. Joeckel, 44 Mo., 234; State vs. Long, 39 Cal., 361; People vs. Sanchez, 24 Cal., 28. cited: 8 Mo., 334, 606; 18 Mo., 47, 445, 477; 21 Mo., 423; 1 Mo., 780; 3 Mo., 123; Bay vs. Sullivan, 30 Mo., 191; Gonsolis vs. Gearhart, 31 Mo., 585; see also 35 Mo., 201, and 36 Mo., 35.
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
From the record it appears that the defendant was indicted at the July Term, 1873, of the Jasper Circuit Court, for the murder of Charles Wilson ; and that the cause was continued from time to time, till the July Term, 1871, of that court, when he was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree. When the cause was called for trial, defendant made an application for a continuance on account of the absence of witnesses. This the court refused to grant, and from the inspection of the record, we cannot say that it was wrong.
It is not shown that the proper and requisite diligence was used.…
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