Perteet v. People

As this ease must be reversed, for the refusal of the court to grant a change of venue, we shall not discuss the other errors assigned, as their determination is not necessary for a second trial. They need not, and may never, again occur.

It was enacted b)r the legislature in 1827, and such enactment has been in force since, except as changed by the act of 1861, that, when any defendant in any indictment or information in any court in this state, shall fear that he will not receive a fair and impartial trial in the court, on account of the prejudice of the judge, or that the minds of the…