State ex rel. Bone v. Adams

HYDE, Judge.

Mandamus to require respondent Judge to accept jurisdiction of the misdemeanor case of State v. Hitz, filed in the Magistrate Court of Audrain County and certified to the Circuit Court upon an application and affidavit for a change of venue under the provisions of Section 517.520. (All statutory references are to RSMo and V.A.M.S.) The question for decision is the constitutionality of the provision of Section 517.520 for certification of a case to the Circuit Court for trial, upon the filing of an affidavit requesting change of venue on the grounds stated in Section 517.510 for…