State v. Caskey

The crime is alleged to have been committed in Buena Vista County, Iowa, and the court directed a verdict in favor of the appellee because that allegation of the indictment was not supported by evidence. In State v. Mitchell, 139 Iowa 455, we held that the courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the geography of the state and the location of cities and incorporated towns with reference to the county boundaries. To the same effect, see State v. Laffer, 38 Iowa 422; State v. Reader, 60 Iowa 527. We have also held that, where a witness locates the place of the commission of a crime at…