People v. Baker

By the Court,

Bennett, J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder at the April term of the district court of the county of San Joaquin. An application was made to change the place of trial from that county to one of the adjoining counties, on the ground that the defendant could not have a fair and impartial trial in the county of San Joaquin. The application was supported by the affidavit of the defendant alone, who sets forth therein various reasons from which he is led to believe that a jury could not be selected from the citizens of Stocktont who would give him a fair and…