Battle v. State

The defendant .was convicted of murder, without recommendation, and to the order of the court denying him a new trial he excepted. ■ One of the grounds of the motion for a new trial is as follows:, “The court erred in not granting movant a continuance upon motion made at the call of said case and before pleading to the merits, the motion for continuance being as follows: A. That on the 20th day of April the court ordered ■movant brought into court, and.on inquiry made by the court it appeared that movant did not have and was not able to employ counsel, and thereupon the court appointed J. A.…