State v. Peterson

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Kino, J.

The defendant was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter, and from the judgment rendered upon the conviction he has appealed. He complains that an application made by him1 for a change of venue, a motion for a new trial, and a motion in arrest of judgment, were improperly overruled by the court; and on those grounds asks for a reversal of the judgment.

The defendant made a written application for a change of venue, on the ground of prejudice in the public mind in the parish in which the indictment was pending, and accompanied the…