State v. George
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certified from the district court for Winona county, Gould, J., upon the motion of defendant. At the trial defendant offered a plea in abatement to the jurisdiction of the court, which the court refused to receive. Upon the refusal of defendant to plead otherwise, the court directed a plea of “Not guilty” to be entered in his behalf.
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Certified from the district court for Winona county, Gould, J., upon the motion of defendant. At the trial defendant offered a plea in abatement to the jurisdiction of the court, which the court refused to receive. Upon the refusal of defendant to plead otherwise, the court directed a plea of “Not guilty” to be entered in his behalf. At the close of the evidence in behalf of the state defendant moved that the case be dismissed and that he be discharged from custody, on the ground that it appeared the offense, if committed, was committed in the state of Wisconsin, and not within the…
1Opinion of the Court
CANTY, J.2
The defendant was indicted for the crime of larceny from the person, and was tried and convicted. The trial judge certified certain questions to this court.
I. It is certified that the offense was committed on a bridge which, at Winona, in this state, spans the Mississippi river from the Minnesota side to the Wisconsin side of that river, and was so committed on the part of said bridge which is built upon an island in the river. This island is on the Wisconsin side of the main channel of the river, and the waters between the island and the Wisconsin bank of the river are not used for…
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