Case ID: ga-app_13/html/0656-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Hill, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

5102.
    Hester v. The State.
    Decided October 28, 1913.
    Accusation of misdemeanor; from city court of Quitman — Judge Long. June 9, 1913.
    
      J. D. Wade, Grover 0. Edmondson, for plaintiff in error.
    
      J. E. Morris Jr., solicitor, contra.
   Hill, C. J.

Where there is a motion to continue the trial of a case because of the absence of a witness, and the State makes a counter-showing as to the alleged testimony of the absent witness, this court will not interfere with the discretion of the trial judge in overruling the motion.

Judgment affirmed.