Hickam v. People

Thomas and John Hickám, plaintiffs in error, were indicted on the 17th day of July, 1886, by the grand jury of Jackson county, for the murder of Robert Knox. The indictment was returned to the August term, 1886, of the Jackson county circuit court, but no trial was had until the December term of the court, when the defendants were tried and convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for ninety-nine years.

At the term of court at which the cause was tried, the defendants filed a petition for a change of venue from Jackson county, on account of the prejudice of the inhabitants…