Garlington v. State

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Jasper county of selling intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

Appellant has two bills of exception, one complaining of the refusal of a continuance, and the other of the overruling of his motion for new trial. Appellant had subpoenas issued for eighteen or twenty witnesses, some eleven of whom testified in his behalf at the trial. Others were present who did not take the stand. The application for continuance was based on the absence of eight witnesses, six of whom appeared and four of whom were used on…