State v. Read
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Decatur District Court. The defendant was indicted for feloniously breaking into the court-house building of Decatur county with intent to steal. There was a trial and conviction. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
1. criminal law: change of venue. The defendant applied for a change of venue from the county and district, upon the ground that it was tlie court-house of that county which the defendant was charged with having entered; that the judge is a resident and a taxpayer of that county, and that he and the people of the county are so prejudiced against him that he cannot have a fair trial. The application was supported by the affidavits of eighteen persons. Two of the affiants say in their affidavits that the prejudice and excitement are so high among the people of that county against the defendant…
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