Case Name: Compton v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1899-03-14
Citations: 108 Ga. 747
Docket Number: 
Parties: Compton v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 108
Pages: 747–747

Head Matter:
Compton v. The State.
Argued February 6,
Decided March 14, 1899.
Indictment for selling liquor. Before Judge Janes. Douglas superior court. December 9, 1898.
John V. Edge and A. L. Bartlett, for plaintiff in error.
W. T. Roberts, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
It was error to deny a motion to continue a criminal case, the ground of the motion being the absence of a witness, when it appeared that the showing was in all respects complete, that the facts expected to be proved by this witness bore directly upon the controlling issue in the case and tended strongly to disprove the charge against the accused, and also that there was no disinterested witness other than the one absent by whom the same facts could have been established.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring.