Brown v. State

Citations

• 83 Miss. 645

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Change of venue. Code 1892, <51411. Opinion. Evidence.</p> <p>In a criminal case, if it appear on the hearing of an application for a change of venue (Code 1892, § 1411) that defendant had been threatened with death at the hands of a mob, that the sheriff had with difficulty kept him from the mob, that six guards were essential for his protection at the time of the hearing, and sixteen the night before, the application should be granted, no matter how many witnesses testify that in their opinion defendant could obtain a fair trial in the county.</p>