State Ex Rel. Hazel v. Watkins

peace in Little Prairie Township in Pemiscot County. On April 6, 1920, Chester Ferguson made and filed before appellant “an affidavit for a state warrant” in which he “charged” respondents with a felony, to-wit, “unlawfully, feloniously falsifying, changing, defacing and altering the legal ballots cast” by named persons. Appellant issued the warrant, and respondents were' arrested and brought before appellant and gave bond.' The hearing was set for April 28, 1920, and on that date respondents applied for a change of venue. Little Prairie Township has within its bounds four justices of the…