Ex parte Chase
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was au application by John W. Chase for mandamus, or other appropriate writ, to compel the city court of Montgomery, Hon. J. D. Cunningham, presiding, to “ remove the trial of the case of The State of Alabama v. John W. Chase, on an indictment for murder, and now pending in said court, to the nearest county free from exception, according to the law of the land;” petitioner’s application for a change of venue, having been overruled and refused by said court.
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This was au application by John W. Chase for mandamus, or other appropriate writ, to compel the city court of Montgomery, Hon. J. D. Cunningham, presiding, to “ remove the trial of the case of The State of Alabama v. John W. Chase, on an indictment for murder, and now pending in said court, to the nearest county free from exception, according to the law of the land;” petitioner’s application for a change of venue, having been overruled and refused by said court. The bill of exceptions sets out in full the application for a change of venue, which was duly sworn to in open court, and stated, in…
1Opinion of the CourtPetees, J.
Under the protection of the constitution of the State, a person charged with an offense, punishable as a crime, in the civil tribunals, is entitled to a speedy trial, “ by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense was committed.” This is an important provision, granted to him by the highest law. And it was deemed of such necessity, by the people, that it has been placed above repeal or denial; and every civil officer of the State, who has been regularly inducted into his office, has solemnly sworn, honestly and faithfully, to support and defend it. It is the duty of the…
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