Brannon v. State

A person was indicted for a crime. The solicitor-general made a formal motion for a change of venue, sedely on the ground that an impartial jury could not be obtained in the county where the crime was alleged to have been committed. The defendant resisted the motion, on the grounds: (1) That the court was without authority, over ' the objections of the defendant, to change the venue; (2) the passage of such an order would be in violation of art. 6, see. 16, par. 6, of the constitution of Georgia; (3) an impartial jury can be obtained in the county. On motion of the solicitor-general the first…