Moore v. State

Moore was indicted for murder, and was convicted, of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was over ruled. The motion for a new trial embraced the general grounds and several special grounds, the substance of which is as follows: (1) The defendant was unable to employ counsel, and the court appointed counsel to represent him. On the day when the indictment was returned into court the attorneys appointed for the defense requested the court to postpone the case until the following day, to enable them to have subpcnnas issued and served for the defendant’s witnesses, two of whom…