Mitchell v. State

On the 30th day of July, 1880, Charles Penn filed a-complaint before E. W, Cherry, a justice of the peace of York county, charging George W. Mitchell with the violation of section 574 of the code of criminal' procedure, A summons was duly issued and served upon Mitchell,, who, on the return day of the summons, filed a motion for a change of venue. The case was afterwards, by consent, transferred to J. S. Bennett, another justice of the peace 'of that county. The attorney for Mitchell thereupon filed a motion to dismiss the action, and the-motion was sustained and the cause dismissed. The case…