State v. Atchley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. — Sow. Jas. T. Ne-ville, Judge. (1) The verdict of the jury was the result of bias and prejudice of the citizens of Dallas county.
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Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court. — Sow. Jas. T. Ne-ville, Judge. (1) The verdict of the jury was the result of bias and prejudice of the citizens of Dallas county. Defendant being a non-resident and the deceased a resident of Dallas county, the matter being fully discussed by the press and the public, sympathy in his behalf created such a bias and prejudice against defendant that he should have had his change of venue to some county in the same circuit where neither had resided and where each would have had equal footing. (2) The trial court erred in not permitting defendant to show that he…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
— On the 3rd day of December, 1902, the prosecuting attorney of Dallas county began this prosecution by filing in the office of the circuit clerk the following information:
“In the Circuit Court of Dallas county, October adjourned Term, 1902.
“State of Missouri, vs. “Benjamin Atchley.
“W. O. Hawkins, prosecuting attorney within and for Dallas county, Missouri, informs the court and charges that Benjamin Atchley on the 22nd day of No*178vember, A. D. 1902, at the county of Dallas and State of Missouri, upon one William Bramwell then and there being, feloniously, willfully,' deliberately,…
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