Thies v. State

It is contended on behalf of the defendant that the circuit court for St. Croix county had no jurisdiction for the reason that the district attorney of Pepin county had filed no information prior to the order changing the venue from Pepin county to St. Croix county and that therefore there was no cause pending within the meaning of sec. 4679, Stats.:

"All criminal cases shall be tried in the county where the offense was committed, except where otherwise provided by law, unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in such…