Humphreys v. State

1. The trial judge did not abuse his discretion in overruling the motion to continue the case on'account of the absence of two witnesses. On the hearing of the motion it was shown that one of the witnesses had moved to Florida, and the State made a counter-showing, in which the other witness swore: “If I had been present in court at the trial of Dan Humphreys he could not have proved by me any of the things he claimed he expected to prove by me. I did not even know Miss Maxie Hancock, and I never heard Dan Humphreys say anything to her or hear her say anything to him. I never saw them…