Lucas v. State

The defendant was tried in the district court for Phelps county upon an information charging him with murder in the first degree. The jury having by their verdict found him. guilty as charged, he was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and brings the proceedings to this court for review upon petition in error.

I. The defendant made an application for a change of venue. The application is supported by a large number of affidavits. These affidavits are mostly in substantially the same or a similar form, and, with few exceptions, it is stated in each affidavit that the affiant has heard a great…