Martin v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Phillips county for the crime of grand larceny for stealing a red cow, the property of Walter Moore, and, as a punishment for the crime, was adjudged to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary, from which judgment an appeal has been duly prosecuted to this court.

Appellant was indicted at the April, 1937, term of court and his case was set for trial at the May term thereof. On the fourth day of May it was reported to the court that appellant had been and was sick and could not attend court, whereupon, the court…