State v. Weston

The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder. In the court below he made an application, upon affidavits, for an order changing the venue. This application was denied, whereupon he sued out a writ of ■certiorari to remove the proceedings to this court for review. A return having been made, and the matter coming on for argument in this court, we are met by the preliminary question, will a writ of certiorari lie to remove to this court, for review, an intermediate order or decision of the district court in a criminal case?

The statute regulating the removal of causes for review provides…