State v. Kring
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Crimes are local, and must be prosecuted in the county where they .are committed; only in such, county can a grand jury inquire of them. 4 Black. Com., 303; Bish. Crim. Prac., § 49; Hughes v. State, 35 Ala. 357. When a county is divided, a criminal action, before the division, can be prosecuted only in the particular new county where is the place of the offense.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Crimes are local, and must be prosecuted in the county where they .are committed; only in such, county can a grand jury inquire of them. 4 Black. Com., 303; Bish. Crim. Prac., § 49; Hughes v. State, 35 Ala. 357. When a county is divided, a criminal action, before the division, can be prosecuted only in the particular new county where is the place of the offense. State v. Jones, 3 Halst. 307; State v. Jackson, 39 Me. 291; Hall v. State, 51 Ala. 9; State v. Donaldson, 3 Heisk. 48; State v. Jones, 4 Halst. 357; Bish. Crim. Prac., § 49 ; Me Elroy v. State,…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
The defendant was indicted in the criminal court of St. Louis county, at the March term, 1875, for the murder of Dora Broemser. He was tried and convicted at the November term of said court, 1875, but that judgment was reversed by this court, and the case is reported in 64 Mo. 591. Subsequently there were two mistrials, and the cause was continued from time to time until November 12, 1879, when, by consent of the circuit attorney and with leave of the court, he withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty of murder of the second degree, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the…
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