Knox v. State

Appellant was under indictment in the circuit court of Hinds county, and his case was set for trial in the judicial week beginning on the 18th day of December, 1929. Because of prior events, and because of rumors and reports which had been brought'to appellant, none of which are, necessary to mention here, appellant had become apprehensive, although unduly so, that in the bringing in of talesmen by the sheriff or his deputies men would be brought who would not be impartial in the trial of the case, but who, on the contrary, would be predisposed against any defense which appellant might make.…