Redmond v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Ed Redmond ivas convicted of violating tbe prohibition law, and be appeals.
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Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. Ed Redmond ivas convicted of violating tbe prohibition law, and be appeals. Tbe court abused its discretion in denying tbe defendnat tbe continuance prayed for, and in refusing to put tbe state on tbe showing as to defendant’s absent Avitness. — Section 6 and 7, Constitution 1901. — White v. The State, 86 Ala. 69; Winter v. The State, 123 Ala. 1; Walicer v. The State 117 Ala. 86; Hushey v. The State, 129 Ala. 91; McLaughlin v. The State, 57 South. 716; Rogers v. The State, 111 Ala. 32; Kelly v. The State, 160 Ala. 51. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
Before entering upon the trial, the defendant moved the court for a continuance, on the ground of the absence of one Sam Godwin, whom the defendant desired to examine as a witness in the case. The defendant was indicted for violating the prohibition laws, and it was shown on the defendant’s motion for a continuance that Godwin, a resident of Eufaula, was absent temporarily from the state, at Hot Springs, Ark.; that he had not been subpoenaed as a witness 'in the case, but that the defendant had procured a subpoena for the witness, and had it placed in the hands of the sheriff for execution,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Holley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Sanderson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Towns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Tilley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
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