People v. Richards

I am constrained to disagree with the conclusion reached by Mr. Justice FELLOWS.

The right of an accused to be tried in the jurisdiction where it is alleged he committed crime is ancient and valuable and should be maintained. But, in case of escape of a prisoner, in confinement under sentence to a State prison, is the mere place of the act to fix the venue or may the act itself, in its relation to the imprisonment, be declared by law to fix the venue? In order to be guilty of an escape, a prisoner need not break doors or walls; he escapes if he removes himself from the imposed restraint over…