Court Opinion

ID: 7102254
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 12:16:56.940711+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:13:26.935625
License: Public Domain

Seevers, J.
Why this case is here we are at a loss to conceive. We have before us a transcript which contains the indictment, proceedings of the court during the trial, and a motion for a continuance filed by the state. We infer that the court directed the jury to find for the defendant because the evidence was insufficient to warrant a conviction. As the evidence is not before us, it is obvious we cannot say that the court erred. The motion was filed after the jury was sworn, and after evidence had been introduced on the part of the state. We have looked into the affidavit on which the motion is based, and we think the court rightly held that it was insufficient to entitle the state to a continuance, or to introduce the witness referred to in the affidavit, conceding that the state asked it to do so.
Affirmed.