State v. Clark
| Decision Date | 12 May 1924 |
| Docket Number | No. 3522.,3522. |
| Parties | STATE v. CLARK. |
| Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Shannon County; E. P. Dorris, Judge.
G. H. Clark was convicted of violation of the prohibition statute, and appeals. Reversed and remanded.
Cunningham & McClellan, of Eminence, for appellant.
L. N. Searcy, Pros. Atty., of Eminence, for the State.
Defendant was convicted of possessing intoxicating liquor contrary to our prohibition statute, and was fined $200. After the usual motions, he appeals.
This cause was not argued, but counsel were present when it was submitted and stated that the principal question is the action of the trial court in overruling defendant's application for a continuance. Defendant stated in his affidavit that Eon. S. A. Cunningham was his attorney, and that Mr. Cunningham was State Senator and was then in attendance upon the Legislature which was then in session. Defendant further stated in the affidavit that the attendance of Mr. Cunningham at his trial was necessary in order that he might have a fair and proper trial. The prosecuting attorney filed a counter affidavit to the effect that Mr. Cunningham's law partner, John W. McClellan, Esq., was fully capable of looking after defendant's cause. Mr. McClellan filed an affidavit to the effect that he, because of the sickness and death of his mother, and the sickness of his father, had been compelled to be out of his office the previous two months. These affidavits were filed March 14, 1923. Defendant was arrested on March 2, 1923, and was on trial the 14th thereafter. According to Mr. McClellan's affidavit, he had had time to give the defendant's case but little, if any, attention. The court overruled the application on the ground that Mr. McClellan was a lawyer of experience; that the charge was a misdemeanor, and because the court saw nothing to prejudice the defendant.
The statute upon which the affidavit for a continuance is based is section 1388, R. S. 1919. This statute provides that when an affidavit for a continuance is filed in compliance therewith, the court shall continue such suit and all other proceedings therein. This statute was enacted in 1895, Laws 1895, p. 93, and when passed it provided that when an affidavit was filed, etc., the court mail continue. The statute was amended in 1913, Laws 1913, p. 158, and the word may referring to continuance was changed to shall. That was the only change made in 1913. The section was repealed in 1915, Laws 1915, p. 226, and a new section enacted, which broadened the scope, but still retained the shall.
We have not been able to find where this section has been construed, but the character of the amendment o...
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