State v. McKowen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. E. C. McKowen was found guilty of murder, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The defendant, Emmett C. McKowen, was indicted by the grand jury *1077East Feliciana on the 8th day of March, ¡0, for the alleged murder of Edward K. in that parish, on the 17th day of October, 1909.
He was arraigned.
He filed a motion for a change of venue, alleging the prejudice existing against him in the public mind.
In his affidavit for a change of venue, he averred that an indictment (the indictment charging him with murder) was pending against him in the district court for East Feliciana for the crime alleged.
The motion was sustained, and the case was transferred to the parish' of East Baton…
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