Yarborough v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of an aggravated assault, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal. The court did not err in overruling the application for a continuance. A companion case had been tried the previous day, appellant being present and knowing the absent witnesses were not in attendance on that case, should have applied for process for the witnesses. Two of the witnesses absent, it is stated, would testify that appellant’s reputation for peace and veracity was good. Absence of character witnesses has generally been considered as no ground upon which…