Ferguson v. State

Jordan, Judge.

The defendant under an indictment charging him with the offense of murder made a motion in the Superior Court of Douglas County for a change of venue. The trial court denied the motion and the exception is to that judgment.

1. An exception to the denial of a motion for a change of venue based upon the grounds that a fair and impartial jury and a fair and impartial trial cannot be obtained in the county of the forum is not grounds for a direct bill of exceptions to this court under the provisions of Code § 27-1201. Coleman v. George, 140 Ga. 619 (2) (79 SE 543); Anderson v. State,…