Morsi has been adjourned after officials said bad weather had stopped his helicopter from taking off.
Other defendants arrived at the police compound by helicopter but Mr Morsi was still said to be in Alexandria.
One of them shouted in court that the ex-president had refused to attend.
Mr Morsi and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures are accused of inciting the killing of protesters outside a presidential palace in 2012.
He was removed by the army last July after demonstrations against his rule.
His supporters have since held regular protests calling for
his reinstatement.
A helicopter carrying some of the defendants arrived at the National Police Academy complex in Cairo for the hearing early on Wednesday, correspondents said.
State media had initially said Mr Morsi was also there; however, state news agency Mena later said his arrival had been delayed by bad weather.
The court session began but was immediately adjourned until 1 February, a decision that the presiding judge put down to weather conditions, the BBC's Orla Guerin
reports.
Outside the court the sun was shining and the forecast for Alexandria was little different.
The deputy leader of the Brotherhood, Essam al-Erian, shouted in court that Mr Morsi had refused to appear.
Speaking from the cage in which the defendants were being held, Mr al-Erian condemned the court as illegal and unconstitutional.
Security outside the Cairo police compound was very heavy with three cordons in place.
Egyptian media said thousands of police were on alert and TV pictures showed some pro-Morsi protesters being arrested as they waved the four-finger salute adopted by
supporters of the ousted president.
A Brotherhood-led protest march was due to take place to coincide with the latest hearing. Tear gas and live fire
were used to disperse demonstrators in the Nasr City area of Cairo, witnesses told the BBC.
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