State v. Mizis
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: Jambs W. Hamilton and Lawrence T. Harris, Judges. Statement by Mu. Chief Justice Bean. The defendants Tom Leorges and Peter Demás, together with James Pilantes and Anton Mizis and three others, whose names were to the grand jury unknown, were indicted for riot. They were all Greek laborers, engaged with some 75 or 80 of their countrymen in repairing the track of the Southern Pacific Co. at or near Glenbrook, a station about 30 miles south of Rose-burg.
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From Douglas: Jambs W. Hamilton and Lawrence T. Harris, Judges. Statement by Mu. Chief Justice Bean. The defendants Tom Leorges and Peter Demás, together with James Pilantes and Anton Mizis and three others, whose names were to the grand jury unknown, were indicted for riot. They were all Greek laborers, engaged with some 75 or 80 of their countrymen in repairing the track of the Southern Pacific Co. at or near Glenbrook, a station about 30 miles south of Rose-burg. They were under the charge of foremen and lived in “outfit cars,” which, for about a week-prior to the commission of the alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
1. The first point relied upon for reversal is that the court erred in overruling the motion for a change of venue. Where an action for a felony is at issue upon a question of fact, the place of trial may be changed, when it appears by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the action is brought: B. & C. Comp. § 1250. But an application for that purpose is addressed to the discretion of the trial court, and its action in granting or refusing the same will not be disturbed on appeal, unless there is manifestly an erroneous…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. HawkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1890
- State v. PomeroyOregon Supreme Court · 1896
- State v. SavageOregon Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. HumphreysOregon Supreme Court · 1902
- State v. ArmstrongOregon Supreme Court · 1903
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- State v. LelandOregon Supreme Court · 1951
- State v. NussbaumOregon Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. McDonaldOregon Supreme Court · 1961
- Salem Mfg. Co. v. First American Fire Ins.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- State v. CasedayOregon Supreme Court · 1911
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