Legal Opinion

State v. Ross

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 14, 1866PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from Monroe District Court. The prisoners were indicted, tried and convicted for stealing two horses, the property of Elizabeth Etherage, in Lucas county, on the 20th of July, 1866, and to reverse this conviction prosecute this appeal. '

1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.

1. Practice: motion. I. An application was made for a change of venue, both on account of the prejudice of the judge and of the people of the county (Lucas). The it r . j \ j change was ordered to Monroe county (in the same judicial district), but it does not appear that any action was taken or order made upon the application to transfer to another district. Even after the case was pending in Monroe, and though the defendants there applied for another change, because of the prejudice of the people of that county, nothing further was done or asked as to the application based upon the alleged…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. IngallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
  2. Allen v. BodineNew York Supreme Court · 1849
  3. Sharp v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Mahon v. JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Pettibone v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. In Re JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Ker v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

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