Holcomb v. State

The prisoner and W. C. Porter were jointly indicted for the murder of M. E. Carter. Porter was acquitted, and the prisoner convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in the penitentiary. A new trial being refused, he hás appealed in error to this court.

The first error assigned is, that the court erred in refusing to change the venue upon the application of the defendants, supported by the affidavits of five other persons, showing undue excitement and prejudice against the defendant in Maury county, where the offense was committed, and where the cause…