State v. Whitener

Legge, Justice.

At the December, 1953, term of the Court of General Sessions for Richland County, appellant was indicted on three counts, the first charging rape, the second charging carnal knowledge of a woman child under the age of fourteen and above the age of ten years, and the third charging him with aiding and abetting another in the carnal knowledge of the same child within a few hours after appellant had raped her.

On December 14, 1953, appellant gave notice of a motion for change of venue, upon the ground that because 'of the unfavorable publicity that had been given to the charges…