STATE v. MOORISON

No. 32357.

43 Wn.2d 23 (1953)

259 P.2d 1105

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. THEODORE E. MOORISON, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

July 29, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aurel M. Kelly, for appellant.

Murray E. Taggart, Herbert H. Freise, and Vaughn Hubbard, for respondent.


HILL, J.

The principal question presented by this appeal is the competency of a witness who previously had been adjudged insane.

Appellant Theodore E. Moorison was charged with assault in the second degree upon the person of his wife, and was convicted of assault in the third degree.

The defendant, appellant here, filed a motion June 13, 1952, for a continuance to the next ensuing jury term, on the ground that "documentary evidence material and vital...

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