A. B. Christie v. State Florida

Per Curiam. -- Plaintiff in error, A. B. Christie, was indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of rape. The death penalty was imposed and writ of error taken to the judgment. The crime was alleged to have been committed in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, on the early morning of October 15th, 1926. Christie was arrested about noon of the same date and lodged in the Orange County jail where he remained till October 18th, when he was removed to the county jail of Hillsborough County, one hundred miles away for safe keeping, or to prevent lynching. In response to a writ of habeas corpus he was returned to Orlando on the afternoon of October 30th, and the charge against him was investigated resulting in his being remanded. He was placed on Trial November 1st, 1926, following the denial fo a motion for continuance, which is laid as the first assignment of error here.