Watts v. State

It appears from the record that the defendant was in jail and unable to do anything personally towards securing the presence of his witnesses at the trial, and that, 78 hours before the case was called for trial on Tuesday of the court week, subpoenas for four witnesses in his behalf had been placed by his counsel in the hands of the proper officer for service. Neither the defendant nor his counsel could say whether any of the witnesses had been served. The defendant expected to use 'all four of these witnesses to impeach the two witnesses sworn for the State, by proof of general'bad…