Streight v. State

HARPER, Judge.

The appellant was indicted charged with the offense of murder. Upon a trial she was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.

1. At the threshold we are confronted with a grave question—an application for change of venue in this case. This is a matter generally left to the sound discretion of the trial court, but in this instance, after a careful reading of the record, we have come to the conclusion that the application should have been granted. Without going into details in this matter, it is sufficient to say that the newspaper reports in the record show that there…