State v. Pool

Defendant was charged with murder, said to have been committed in the parish of Caldwell, in December, 1913. In July, 1914, the state moved for a change of venue to the parish of Winn, and the case was transferred to that parish for trial. When the case was called for trial in the parish of Winn, defendant moved to remand the case to the parish of Caldwell for the reason that the order granting the change of venue was null, and that the court bf Winn parish was without jurisdiction. These pleas were overruled, and the accused applied to this court for writs of prohibition and mandamus. The…