Wyley v. State

DAVIDSOH, Judge.

This conviction was for arson. Appellant sought a continuance for the testimony of two absent witnesses. By one of these he expected to prove, that certain named parties had threatened “to raise a fuss with him” at the house alleged to have been burned, and by the other, that he (appellant) requested the witness “to protect him from being abused by said parties.” These parties all testified on the trial, and were not questioned in regard to the matter. Appellant forfeited his bond, was rearrested, and a postponement had to a later day of the term. In the light of the record,…