Kent v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Izard Circuit Court. John B. McCaleb, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The grand jury for the southern' district of Sharp county returned an indictment against William Kent, charging him with stealing $1,800 in money from Robert Wooldridge.
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Appeal from Izard Circuit Court. John B. McCaleb, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The grand jury for the southern' district of Sharp county returned an indictment against William Kent, charging him with stealing $1,800 in money from Robert Wooldridge. Kent filed an application for a change of venue from said district on the ground that the minds of the inhabitants thereof were so prejudiced against him that a fair and impartial trial could not be had in said district. • The prayer of the petition was sustained, and the venue changed to Izard county. Afterwards he filed in the Izard circuit…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The appellant,' Kent, was indicted by the grand jury for the southern district of Sharp' county for larceny alleged to have been committed in said district. He afterwards made an application for a change of venue from said district, and the circuit court changed the venue to Izard county. Appellant now contends that, as his application for a change of venue applied only to the southern district of Sharp county, and not to the whole of said county, the circuit court had no authority to change the venue to another county, and that for this reason the…
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