Dobbs v. State

Citations

• 96 Miss. 786
• 51 So. 915

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law and Procedure. Forgery. Continuance.</p> <p>An application for a continuance hy a defendant charged witii forgery, because of the absence without his connivance or consent of the only witness by whom he could prove that the instrument charged to have been forged was executed by an authorized agent of the party whose name was subscribed to it, should be granted where the witness was within the jurisdiction of the court and process had been issued for him and returned “not found,” al- . though the state admitted that the witness would, if present, have testified as stated in the application.</p>