State Ex Rel. Burton v. Montgomery

This is an original proceeding in which relator, charged by information in the Circuit Court of Chariton County with assault with intent to kill, asks us to prohibit respondents J.. E. (Montgomery and J. C. Collett, who are the Circuit Judge and the Prosecuting Attorney,- respectively, of said county, from further entertaining and prosecuting said charge, on the ground that the alleged crime was not committed in;Chariton County, and said Circuit Court of Chariton County is, therefore, without jurisdiction.

Relator’s amended petition describes with particularity the land on which the alleged…