State v. Maguire

At the December term, 1878, of the Cole circuit court, the defendant was indicted for the murder of Charles Brown. On the 3rd day of December, 1878, he filed an application for continuance, which the court overruled, and set the case for trial on the 2nd day of January, 1879. On the 2nd day of January, and during the same December term at which he was indicted, the cause was called for trial, and defendant agaiu applied for a continuance, which the court refused, and defendant was put upon his trial, which resulted in his conviction of murder in the first degree. Erom that judgment he has…