By the Court.
The question is, whether a refusal to continue a cause can be assigned for error.
The impression of the court is, that it cannot. Has the party, by law, a right to a continuance in any case? If he has, it will have weight. Is it not merely a matter of favour and discretion?
This is a case in which this court cannot look into the merits of the question, whether the court below ought to have granted a continuance of the cause...
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