Place of Offense

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It is not necessary for the indictment to allege where the offense was committed, but the proof shall show a state of facts bringing the offense within the jurisdiction of the county in which the indictment was preferred.

Code 1858, § 5125; Shan., § 7088; Code 1932, § 11633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1809.

Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 16.18, 16.19.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 14 Tenn. Juris., Indictments, Informations, and Presentments, § 29; 16 Tenn. Juris., Intoxicating Liquors, § 17.


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