Cameron v. State

The defendant was indicted, on April 19, 1940, in four counts for assault and battery upon four different persons, on different dates. On June 19, 1940, the case was called for trial; whereupon the defendant presented his motion for change of venue upon two grounds: (1) that the defendant could not obtain in Fulton County an impartial jury; (2) that there was probability of mob violence to the defendant, his witnesses, his friends, and other, parties assisting him, should he be forced to trial; and probability or danger of mob violence to him should he be acquitted.

The allegations of the…