State Ex Rel. Hazel v. Watkins

We transferred this cause to the Supreme Court on the ground, as we believed, that we had no jurisdiction. [State ex rel. Hazel et al. v. Watkins, 227 S. W. 1059.] The Supreme Court retransferred, holding that jurisdiction is here., [State ex rel. Hazel et al. v. Watkins, 245 S. W. 1059.]

The cause is in mandamus to compel a justice of the peace to grant a change of venue in a criminal case. The alternative writ was granted by the judge of the circuit court in vacation. Respondent below, appellant here, made return. To this return relators demurred. The demurrer was sustained and apellant…