Rhodes v. Commonwealth

Opinion.of the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

At the September, 1912, term of the Knox circuit court, appellant was indicted for uttering a forged writing. He was tried at the same term of the court, found guilty, and given an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary of from two to ten years. He prosecutes this appeal, and complains chiefly of the action of the court in refusing to grant him a continuance. The .indictment was returned September 4th, 1912, on which day appel*535lant was arrested and gave bond; and the case was set for Baturday, September 7th, for trial. It was not reached,…