State v. Burmeister

I am not able to agree with the majority of the court in this case. The information charges that the cattle involved were stolen in Meade county. In order to give the circuit court of Meade county jurisdiction over the offense, it is not only necessary to charge the commission of the offense in that county, but the evidence must prove, and beyond a reasonable doubt, that the offense was committed in that county. This fact the evidence fails to show.

The stolen cattle had been kept in a fenced pasture on section 16, in township 3, north of range 13, east of the Black Hills meridian. Said…