Babcock v. People

The plaintiff in error, Herman O. Babcock, was defendant below. He was indicted, convicted and sentenced to *517be executed for murder of the first degree at the October term, 188S, of the district court of Garfield county. Having obtained a supersedeas upon the writ of error from this court he asks a review of the record of such conviction, and a reversal of the judgment upon numerous assignments of error.

The motion for a change of venue, on the ground of the alleged prejudice of the inhabitants of the county against the accused, was not supported by the requisite number of reputable citizens,…