SUMPREME COURT of the state OF ALABAMA

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Title
SUMPREME COURT of the state OF ALABAMA
Source Type
Newspapers
Author
W.B. Figures
Publisher
The Weekly Huntsville Advocate
Publication Place
Huntsville, AL
Publication Date
01/21/1870
Transcript
2nd Division--No. 5263-Exparte John W. Chase. Motion for mandamus. Montgomery City Court.

(Peters, J.) Held 1st. An application for a change of venue in a criminal case, setting forth specifically the reason why" the applicant "cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the county in which the indictment is found" should be granted by the Court, if within the proper time and in the proper way. This is a right which will be enforced by mandamus if it is refused and denied. (Rev. Code § 4306.).
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