Simpson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for assault to murder. Before Judge Guerry. Hart superior court. March term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. According to the convention of Beaufort, between the States of Georgia and South Carolina, agreed on by the commissioners of both States on the 28th of April, 1787, the current or main thread of the channel of the Savannah river is the boundary between the two States. Code, §16; Hotchkiss’ Statutes, 913-917. This being so, at a point where the river is not less than one hun*42dred and seventy-five yards wide, a person in a boat not more than thirty yards from the Georgia side is, prima facie, in this State. In the present case, it was practically conceded that the testimony…
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