Schroeder v. State

Defendants’ first assignment of error is that the court erred in denying their motion for a change of venue on the ground of alleged prejudice in the community. The defendants made that motion upon the commencement of the second trial on April 16, 1935, and in support thereof they *254contended that an impartial jury could not be had because of the prejudice aroused by a public statement made by the sheriff in the courtroom on March 19, 1935, upon the conclusion of the first trial, in- the presence of the members of the first jury and other citizens; and also because of the fact that on March 18…