State v. Davis

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating the case: Going directly to the exceptions, and considering them in the order above set out, we may say that the refusal of the trial court to grant the defendants’ request for a continuance on account of the illness of counsel, was a matter resting in his sound discretion and is not subject to review on appeal, except in case of manifest abuse. In re Bank, 202 N. C., 251, S. v. Rhodes, 202 N. C., 101; S. v. Sauls, 190 N. C., 810, 130 S. E., 848. No abuse of discretion has been made to appear on the present record. S. v. Riley, 188 N. C., 72, 123 S. E., 303. True,…