Case Name: Freeman v. City of Atlanta
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-04-02
Citations: 12 Ga. App. 564
Docket Number: 4674
Parties: Freeman v. City of Atlanta.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 564–564

Head Matter:
4674.
Freeman v. City of Atlanta.
Decided April 2, 1913.
Certiorari; from Fulton superior court—Judge Ellis. January 14, 1913.
John A. Boykin, for plaintiff in error.
J. L. Mayson, W. D. Bilis Jr., contra.

Opinion:
Pottle, J.
A refusal to grant a continuance, in order to procure the presence of an absent witness for the purpose of impeaching an adverse witness, will not, generally, be held to have been an abuse of discretion, when the judgment complained of was fully authorized by evidence other than the testimony of the witness whom it was sought to impeach. Especially was there no abuse of discretion in the present case, One postponement having already been granted to enable the accused to procure additional evidence, and the only showing for a further postponement being the statement of counsel that he and his client had information that certain persons who were absent from the city would testify to the general bad character of the witness, and it not appearing when they would return. Judgment affirmed.