Morgan v. State

The appellant was indicted in the Vigo Criminal Circuit Court, on the 15th day of July, 1869, for the ■murder of John Petri on the 11th day of the same month. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty, upon the day the ■'indictment was found, and entered upon his trial on the 19th day of the month.

A motion was made for a change-of venue, supported by ithe affidavits of the appellant and two other persons.

The affidavits alleged, that a bitter feeling and intense ex- • citement existed over the entire county, created by the cir-cumstances attending the death of Petri, which would prewent the…