In re Roberson
Nevada Supreme Court
Application by George Oliver Roberson for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is not a fugitive from the justice of the State of North Carolina, in that he is not legally married. (Section 2088, Rev. Laws N. C. 1905; section 1560, Id.) Venue must be laid in the county in which the crime is alleged to have been committed. (State v. Patterson, 5 N. C. 443; State v. Pray, 30 Nev. 206, 208.) A crime committed in one county or district cannot be tried in another county.
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Application by George Oliver Roberson for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is not a fugitive from the justice of the State of North Carolina, in that he is not legally married. (Section 2088, Rev. Laws N. C. 1905; section 1560, Id.) Venue must be laid in the county in which the crime is alleged to have been committed. (State v. Patterson, 5 N. C. 443; State v. Pray, 30 Nev. 206, 208.) A crime committed in one county or district cannot be tried in another county. (Ex Parte Kuhns, 36 Nev. 487, 137 Pac. 83; Ex Parte Smith, 35 Nev. 30; Eureka County Bank Cases, 35 Nev. 80.)' The crime is…
1Opinion of the Court
*328By the Court,
McCarran, J.:
This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus.
Petitioner relates, among other things, that he is unlawfully imprisoned, detained, confined, and restrained of his liberty by J. H. Stern, as sheriff of Ormsby County, Nevada, and J. D. Hillhouse, as chief of police of the city of Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, and by J. C. Crawford, as sheriff of Martin County, State of North Carolina, who has been deputized and appointed by the governor of the State of North Carolina as the agent of that state for the purpose of taking and carrying petitioner from the State of Nevada…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Eureka County Bank Habeas Corpus CasesNevada Supreme Court · 1912
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