Board of Commissioners v. Board of Commissioners

— The case presented by the record is this: Benjamin Newland was indicted in the Lawrence Circuit Court for the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed at said county. On the application of the accused, a change of venue, on account of the prejudice and excitement against him in Lawrence county, was granted by the court, and the cause sent to the Floyd Circuit Court for trial. It was accordingly tried in Floyd county. Subsequently, a detailed bill of the expenses of said trial, chargeable to the county, taxed and certified by the Judge of the Floyd Circuit Court, was presented in the…