State v. Pray
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District. Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Churchill County; W. H. A. Pike, Judge. C. A. Pray and W. J. Langdon were convicted of receiving stolen goods, and appealed from the judgment and an order denying motion for a new trial. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District. Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Churchill County; W. H. A. Pike, Judge. C. A. Pray and W. J. Langdon were convicted of receiving stolen goods, and appealed from the judgment and an order denying motion for a new trial. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. At common law all criminal prosecutions are local, and an indictment can. be found and prosecution had only in the county in which the crime has been committed. (12 Cyc. 229; 22 Ency. PI. & Pr. 821; 1 Bishop on Crim. Procedure, 65; Campbell v. People, 109 Ill. 565, 50 Am.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, J.:
Appellants were convicted in the Second Judicial District Court, in and for Churchill County, of the crime of receiving stolen goods, and were each fined $1,000, with the proviso that in default of payment they be imprisoned at the rate of one day for each two dollars of said fine. From the judgment, and from an order denying their motion for a new trial, an appeal is taken.
*217The state has moved to dismiss the appeal of C. A. Pray upon the ground that he paid the fine imposed upon him, and having fully satisfied the judgment against him his right of appeal is lost.…
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