State v. Coleman

Litz, Judge:

The defendant was" indicted in the circuit'court of Mar-’ shall county on May 7, 1923, charged with the murder' of Orville Rowsey on April 22d of that year. He was arraigned-on ¡May 12th but, as the time of arraignment had not been fixed in advance, his counsel were -not present. Thereupon the court appointed a local attorney, who stated that attorneys in Charleston had been retained to appear for de-' fendant. The trial was then set for May 22d. On that day defendant’s attorneys from Charleston appeared for the first' time in the case, presented an affidavit showing’that the…