Bink v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of property from M. S. Holder, over the value of $50, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal.

Appellant made a motion for a change of venue based on both phases of the statute, to wit: that there was so great a prejudice in the county as that he could not get a fair and impartial trial, and that there existed in the county a formidable combination of influential citizens, etc. This was contested by the State and a good deal of evidence adduced pro and con on the subject.…