State ex rel. Cottrell v. Wofford

The relator was indicted at the September, term, 1893, of the Jackson criminal court *409for the crime of forgery. He was arraigned at that term and pleaded not guilty, and the cause, owing to lack of time to. try it, was continued to the January term, 1894, when relator presented his application for a change of venue based on the alleged prejudice of the inhabitants of Jackson county against him, so that, etc. In his application he also alleged that the minds of the inhabitants of the counties of Platte, Clay, Clinton, Ray, Buchanan,' Lafayette, Saline, Johnson, Cass, Bates, Henry, Pettis and…