People v. Sharp

The defendant in the brief of counsel presses only the point as to the alleged prejudice growing out of newspaper publication. He thus abandons all claim of personal ill-will because of his connection with other railroad enterprises. Upon the argument counsel withdrew, the claim of hostility growing out of the strikes of railroad employees.

The question is thus reduced to this : Is the court satisfied that the defendant cannot have a fair and impartial trial in this county in consequence of newspaper criticism ? There is no satisfactory evidence to substantiate the defendant’s claim that he…