Keeton v. State

Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a conviction for rape alleged to have been committed, in the Second judicial district of Jones county, and the assignment of error on which a decision must turn is that the court below erred in not granting the appellant a change of venue. The appellant and two others, Hollifield and Davis, Avere jointly indicted for rape, separately tried, and each convicted. The evidence of the appellant’s alleged victim, if true, is of such character as to inflame the mind and make it exceedingly difficult for the average person to try…