1 Tenn. 66
Tennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity
Decided September 6, 1804
Tennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity · decided 1804-09-06
<p>If in a criminal case the state applies for a continuance cause must be shewn on affidavit.</p>
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Decided 1804-09-06
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently July 1971
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¶1 Objected, that it ought not to be granted, unless upon affidavit of the prosecutor.
¶2 The Attorney general admitted the practice, and that it was necessary for the state to lay some ground for a continuance. Upon which an affidavit of the prosecutor was produced, shewing that the witness had been bound to appear, and that he was absent on account of sicknes, as he was informed.
¶3 The cause was continued.