Larch v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment, based on a verdict by a jury finding the appellant guilty on January 13, 1952, of receiving stolen goods.

Before the trial, the judge ordered the clerk to give the jury list to the appellant and the State. The judge and counsel then went to the judge’s chambers where the following occurred. Mr. Pagenhardt, attorney for the defendant, stated: “The defendant moves for a change of venue in each of the five cases now pending against him on the ground that public opinion is so aroused in Garrett County that it is bound to have an adverse effect on any jury that…