Trial should always be held where the jurors can have better knowledge.

Explanation

Venue should be fixed where the jury can be best informed of the facts — the right to trial by a jury of the vicinage ensures that those who decide the case have local knowledge of the circumstances.

Where this applies

• My trial was moved to a city 500 miles away where nobody knows the facts of my case.
• The case should be heard where the events occurred, where the jurors have local knowledge.

See also

• 8.2.4 Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient estate, and above all suspicion.
• 8.6.9 A trial should always be had where the jurors can be best informed.