Winthrop

Defendant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying bis application for a new trial, urging numerous errors in tbe rulings of tbe trial court.

1. It is first strongly contended that tbe court violated defendant’s rights in compelling him to go to trial with unseemly baste, and without sufficient time to adequately prepare for bis defense.

Tbe bill of exceptions shows that the indictment was filed August 7, 1896, and defendant arraigned thereunder on August 14th; that after certain proceedings of a more or less dilatory nature bis plea was entered, and tbe case subsequently, on August 21st, came up to be finally set for trial. At this time defendant asked for at least thirty days in which to prepare for trial, making a very general showing that be could not reasonably prepare earlier; but this request was denied, and tbe ease was set down to be tried on September 1st. No exception was taken to tbe action of tbe court in thus refusing defendant’s request for a longer time in which to prepare for trial, and on September 1st, when tbe case was called, defendant, as stated in tbe bill of exceptions, “went to…