Shimniok v. State

Appellants were indicted, tried and convicted of the murder of Tom S. Boykin in Wayne County, Mississippi, and sentenced to death.

Diligent counsel for appellants assign twenty-five errors on this appeal. They are condensed and embraced within those hereinafter placed upon.

The trial judge denied a motion of appellants for a change of venue. Assignments one to seven relate to that action. It. is strongly urged that the denial of the motion was an abuse of discretion. Appellants made this showing in support of their motion: It set out that Tom S. Boykin was ex-sheriff of Wayne County and a…