Price v. People

At the last February term of the G-allatin circuit court, John Price, the plaintiff in error, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be executed, for the crime of murder,—hence this writ of error. Numerous errors are assigned on the record, but a reversal is urged on three grounds only, viz.: First, the circuit court erred in refusing to grant the prayer of the defendant’s petition for a change of venue; second, the circuit court erred in overruling the defendant’s several motions for a continuance; and third, the court improperly modified the seventh, eighth and tenth instructions asked by…