State v. Demoss

Citations

• 74 Kan. 173
• 85 P. 937
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Criminal Law — Continuance — -Absent Witnesses. An application for a continuance, made by a defendant in a criminal action on the ground of the absence of material witnesses, is properly denied when it merely appears from the affidavit that the absent witnesses have left the state to avoid prosecution for the same offense, and that defendant expects, if delay is granted, to take their depositions and believes they will testify that they are guilty and he is innocent.</p> <p>2. Intoxicating Liquors — Nuisance—Sufficiency of Evidence. The evidence examined and held to be sufficient to support a conviction of the offense of keeping and maintaining a nuisance under the prohibitory liquor law.</p>