Squires v. State

Carter, J.:

At the Fall term, 1899, of the Circuit Court of Putnam county, plaintiff in error was tried and convicted upon an indictment found at that term charging him with larceny. From the sentence imposed this writ of error is taken.

I. The first assignment of error questions the propriety of the ruling of the Circuit Court denying the motion of plaintiff in error for a change of venue. That motion w.as based upon the ground that public sentiment in Putnam county was such that he could not secure a fair and impartial trial. The only evidence of the existence of the facts alleged as grounds…