Dunn v. People

This was an indictment in the circuit court of McLean county, against Robbins P. Dunn, for an assault on Phoebe Dunn, with intent to commit murder. Upon a trial before a jury the defendant was found guilty, and his derm of imprisonment in the penitentiary was fixed at seven years. To reverse the judgment of the circuit court the defendant sued out this writ of error.

The first alleged error is the decision of the court overruling defendant’s petition for a change of venue. The ground set up and mainly relied upon in the petition was, that certain newspapers published in Bloomington had…