Street v. State

Appellant was convicted of child desertion. He was not represented by counsel in the lower court. The first assignment of error is that the State failed to prove the venue of the crime, and this question is raised for the first time on appeal. We have carefully examined the record and have failed to find any proof of venue of the alleged crime.

Proof of venue in criminal cases is jurisdictional and the failure to make such proof may be raised for the first time on appeal. Johnson v. State, 186 Miss. 544, 191 So. 115; Kitchens v. State, 186 Miss. 443, 191 So. 116; Ussery v. State, 154 Miss.…