State v. Lehman

BELT J.

Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted in Washington County of having sold intoxicating liquor. A few days before trial it ivas ascertained that the alleged crime was committed about 900 feet from the boundary line of Washington County and within Clackamas County. At time of arrest the exact location of the boundary line was not known by the officers.

Defendant asserts that the court had no jurisdiction of the crime since, from the undisputed evidence, it was committed, if at all, in Clackamas County.

The State relied upon Section 1385, Or. L., which provides:

“When a crime is…