Gordon v. State

The defendant was charged, by indictment, with murder in the first degree, and at the time of this trial in the court below was confined in the county jail under this charge.'

Before entering upon the trial, the defendant made an. application for a change of venue and sought to have his trial removed to another county. The application was sworn to and was in proper form and specifically set forth numerous reasons why he could not have a fair and impartial trial in the county in which the indictment was found. In support of the application for change of venue, the defendant introduced a large…