Christ v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of El Paso County. George H. Christ was indicted at the February term, 1877, of the El Paso district court, for the larceny of certain cattle of the property of Bell & Thornton ; was tried at the same term and convicted. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment was entered on the verdict. The errors assigned are discussed in the opinion, which renders further statement unnecessary. ,
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, J.
We will consider the assignment of errors in the order in which they are presented.
1. Waiving any consideration of the question that the petition for a change of venue and the affidavits in support of it are not properly before us, not having been preserved in the bill of exceptions they were clearly insufficient under the statute. The defendant in his petition *395failed to set forth, the fact or facts upon which his fears that he would not receive a fair trial were founded. This is necessary under the statute. The naked statement, that the inhabitants of the county wherein the trial was had…
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