State v. Davis

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice StabtKr.

The defendant, Jim Davis, was tried for murder in Fair-field County and was found guilty, with recommendation to the mercy of the Court.

He now appeals to this Court, and, among other assignments of error, contends that the Court erred in refusing to grant his motion for a change of venue.

By his verified petition he set forth the grounds upon which such motion was based, to wit, that the homicide was followed by intense excitment in Fairfield County; that for several days thereafter he was hunted by bands of armed men, intense…