Dalton v. State

Appellant, A. W. Dalton, was indicted in the circuit court of Chickasaw county for the murder of Roland Kirby, and convicted of manslaughter, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.'

Appellant made application to the trial court for a change of venue on the ground that the public mind was prejudiced against his cause, and therefore he could not get a fair and impartial trial in Chickasaw county. His application was overruled, and that action of the court is urged by the appellant as a ground for reversal of the judgment of conviction. Appellant made the primafacie showing prescribed by…