Buford v. State

Citations

• 43 Tex. 415

Syllabus

<p>Change of venue.—An application for change of venue on the ground of combination and prejudice, made and supported in the terms of the statute by affidavits, cannot be defeated by counter affidavits unless they show that the statements contained in the application are not true. Counter affidavits which state that affiants for defendant were “new men,” and rarely seen, cannot avail, and a written statement of the district attorney, resisting the application and not sworn to, should be disregarded without reference to its contents.</p>