Etchison v. State

The accused was indicted in DeKalb County for an assault with intent to murder, and filed his petition for a change of venue. Upon the hearing thereof the motion, after the introduction of evidence, was denied; .subsequently, the court refused to grant a supersedeas, and those two judgments were assigned as error. The petition for a change of venue contained seventeen paragraphs, and its predominant reason for the change was the defendant’s alleged inability to obtain an impartial jury in DeKalb County. It is true that in one short paragraph the movant made the following allegation:…