Williams v. State

This is a conviction for horse stealing, in the county of Giles. The- only question made for a reversal is upon the venue, which depends upon the validity of chapter 21 of the Acts of 1879, changing .the lines between the counties of Giles and Marshall. The proof tends to show that the animal was stolen from *550that part of the premises of D. W. Kincaid, the prosecutor, which, by the act referred to, was transferred from Marshall to Giles county,. so that, if the act be valid, the prosecution was in the proper county, but if not valid, the territory still remained part of Marshall county, and…