State v. Thompson

Citations

• 121 La. 1051
• 46 So. 1013
• 1908 La. LEXIS 790

Syllabus

<p>1. Courts — Sessions—Fixing Adjournment.</p> <p>Under the present Constitution the terms of the district courts, outside of the parish of Orleans, are continuous during 10 months of the year, and the fixing of sessions as a matter of convenience does not affect the authority of the judge to sit at any time in any of the parishes of his district when the public business may require it. An order of the judge to adjourn the session to another date may be entered on the minutes nunc pro tunc at any time.</p> <p>2. Criminal Law — Continuance — Discretion.</p> <p>A motion for a continuance on the ground of the absence of nonresident witnesses addresses itself to the discretion of the trial judge.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 14, Criminal Law, § 1311.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>