State v. Irvine

By information in the Circuit Court of Boone County the defendant was charged with forgery for having falsely made and forged a bill of sale of an automobile. Upon trial he was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the penitentiary and from the judgment he has appealed. The question requiring consideration on this appeal arises out of the court's refusal to grant defendant's application for a change of venue or, to speak more accurately, the substitution of another judge, because of the disqualification of the regular judge.

Defendant was arrested and taken before a magistrate…