State Ex Rel. Gannon Etc. v. Porter Cir. Ct.

This is an action for writ of mandate. The essential facts are as follows:

One Robert Lee Johnson was charged with murder in the St. Joseph Circuit Court in 1953. He filed a motion for change of venue from that county and pursuant thereto the venue was changed to the La Porte Circuit Court. Thereafter on motion of the defendant, and over the objection of the state, the La Porte Circuit Court granted a second change of venue *639from the county. This court in the case of State ex rel. Fox, etc. v. La Porte Cir. Ct. et al. (1956), 236 Ind. 69, 138 N. E. 2d 875, mandated the respondents to expunge…