Nichols v. State

Citations

• 3 Tex. Ct. App. 546

Syllabus

<p>Practice—Order op Docket. — As a general rule, criminal causes in the courts below should be called for trial and be disposed of in their order upon the docket. But, to promote the ends of justice, the court has discretionary power to allow a temporary postponement of the trial of a cause; and, unless the exercise of this discretionary power appears to have been abused, and the rights of the appellant prejudiced thereby, this court will not revise such action of the court below.</p>