City of Sumter v. Owens

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice A. F. Gaston.

This case originated in the recorder’s Court in the City of Sumter. The appellant was twice tried in that Court before a jury on a warrant charging him with petit larceny, .and each trial resulted in a mistrial. The recorder then fixed another day for the trial of the case, whereupon the appellant filed his affidavit for a change of venue upon the ground that he could not obtain a fair trial before the recorder, for the reasons set out in the affidavit, which will be referred to later. The recorder refused the…