State v. Miller

The defendant was indicted at the May term, 1875, of the criminal court of Jackson county, in Kansas City. The indictment contained two counts, in the first of which defendant was charged with grand larceny, and in the second with receiving stolen goods. The cause was tided at the August term, 1878, of the Clay county circuit court, to which it had been transferred by change of venue, and defendant was found not guilty as to the first, and guilty as to the second count, and his punishment assessed at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The- cause is here by appeal.

i. venue. While the…