Jurisdiction; Fatal Force and Death in Different Counties.

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Sec. 5.

If any mortal wound shall be given or other violence or injury shall be inflicted, or any poison shall be administered in 1 county by means whereof death shall ensue in another county, the offense may be prosecuted and punished in either county.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17123 ;-- CL 1948, 762.5
Former Law: See section 7 of Ch. 161 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5943; CL 1871, § 7805; How., § 9419; CL 1897, § 11780; and CL 1915, § 15607.


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