People v. James

This is'an application by respondent for a writ of certiorari to review errors claimed to have been committed upon his trial and conviction of a felony before the circuit court for Mecosta county. A disputed question of fact in the case was whether the offense charged was committed in Isabella county, within 100 rods of the county line of Mecosta county, upon which fact depended the jurisdiction of the trial court. Upon the conclusion of the trial the court stated that this question of jurisdiction depended upon the locality where the offense, if any, was committed, and then charged the jury…