Stamper v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for adultery and fornication; from Ben Hill superior court — Judge Crum. November 7, 1917. Stamper was indicted for tbe offense of adultery and fornication, and was convicted.
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Indictment for adultery and fornication; from Ben Hill superior court — Judge Crum. November 7, 1917. Stamper was indicted for tbe offense of adultery and fornication, and was convicted. He made a motion for a new trial upon tbe general grounds, and also upon the ground that the court erred in overruling his motion for a continuance, in which he set up that he had just been arrested and brought into court, and that he had not time to get his witnesses, and had not had time to consult his ■ lawyer about the case against him; that he wanted Mrs. Barnes as a witness, and expected to show by her…
1Opinion of the CourtHarwell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The court, as the record shows, sent for Mrs. Barnes, the woman with whom the defendant is alleged to have had sexual intercourse,-and she testified in his behalf; so that the motion for a continuance on *800the ground of her absence need not be considered. Now as to the motion to continue in order that the defendant might subpoena the other two witnesses, Butterworth and Graham, and in order that his attorney might have further time for preparation to try his case. It appeared on the showing that the defendant had been tried and bound over to that term of the…
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