Case Name: J. Willison v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1879
Citations: 7 Tex. Ct. App. 400
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. Willison v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 400–400

Head Matter:
J. Willison v. The State.
Continuance. —In revising the refusal of a continuance asked on account of the absence of a witness, the materiality of the desired testimony is to be considered in the light of the evidence adduced at the trial.
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below, before the Hon. L. C. Alexander.
The trial and conviction were for assault with intent to murder, and the punishment was assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
No brief for the appellant.
Thomas Ball, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
Clark, J.
The application of defendant for a continuance was properly overruled. Apart from the fact that one of the absent witnesses was defendant's wife, and another his father-in-law, both of whom are shown by counter-affidavits not to have resided in the county of the prosecution, as alleged in the application, and the further fact that two others of the absent witnesses did appear and testify on the trial, the absent testimony, in view of the evidence, could not have been material, or in any manner have affected the result.
The application itself failed to show with distinctness the materiality of the absent testimony, and it satisfactorily" appeared, on the hearing of a motion for new trial, that no injustice had been done. This offered an additional reason why the verdict should not be disturbed. Hyde v. The State, 16 Texas, 445 ; Cooper v. The State, 19 Texas, 449 ; Bowman v. The State, 40 Texas, 8 ; Wright v. The State, 44 Texas, 645 ; Richardson v. The State, 2 Texas Ct. App. 322 ; Fernandez v. The State, 4 Texas Ct. App. 419 ; Murphy v. The State, 6 Texas Ct. App. 420.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.