State v. Gessert
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Indictment found in the district court for Washington county. Defendant demurred, and Grosby, J., reported the case for the decision of this court, under ch. 76, Laws 1870.
1Opinion of the CourtBeery, J.
The indictment in this case was found by a grand jury of Washington county, and charges the defendant with committing the crime of murder, by feloniously, etc., inflicting upon David Savazyo, on August 28, 1874, in said county, a stab and wound, of which, upon the same day, Savazyo died in the county of Pierce, and State of Wisconsin. The question in the case is whether the indictment charges the commission of an offence in the county of Washington.
It is for his acts that defendant is responsible. They constitute his offence. The place where they are committed, *370must be the place where his…
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