Griffin v. State

The defendant, W. A. Griffin, was convicted in the City Court of Macon under an accusation in two counts, charging him with receiving another into a house or hotel for the purpose of prostitution and assignation, and with appropriating money without consideration from the proceeds of a woman engaged in prostitution. His motion for a new trial, based on *603the usual general-grounds and seven special grounds, was overruled and he excepted.

1. Where the absence of counsel for the defendant is due to his attendance upon another court without having applied for or obtained leave of absence, denial of…