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STATE v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 43084.

93 So.2d 533 (1957)

231 La. 993

STATE of Louisiana v. Earl BLANKENSHIP.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 25, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voelker & Ragland by William B. Ragland, Jr., Lake Providence, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thompson L. Clarke, Dist. Atty., St. Joseph, Cliff C. Adams, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tallulah, for appellee.

HAMITER, Justice.

The defendant, Earl Blankenship, was convicted by a jury of the theft of property of $40 value and was sentenced to serve two years in the state penitentiary. From the conviction and sentence he has appealed, relying on four bills of exceptions to obtain a reversal.

On October 6, 1955, the date fixed for the trial, the district attorney filed a written motion for a continuance in which he showed: "That one of the witnesses,

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